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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49592/psn-pdf
October 01, 2009 - Danger in Disruption
October 1, 2009
Fontaine DK. Danger in Disruption. PSNet [internet]. 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/danger-disruption
The Case
A 23-month-old toddler was severely dehydrated after vomiting due to gastric outlet obstruction. She had
metabolic alkalosis (pH = 7.58), and her last peripheral…
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November 01, 2012 - Missed Pneumonia
November 1, 2012
Rohde JM, Flanders S. Missed Pneumonia. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-pneumonia
The Case
A 32-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with 3 days of fever and right pleuritic
chest pain. Review of systems was negative for cough or dy…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49517/psn-pdf
August 01, 2006 - Miscalculated Risk
August 1, 2006
Strassels SA. Miscalculated Risk. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/miscalculated-risk
The Case
A healthy 36-year-old man was admitted to a teaching hospital for acute low back strain after lifting his 2-
week-old infant. He received Vicodin (hydrocodone and a…
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June 01, 2014 - Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of
Patient Wandering
June 1, 2014
Smith TA. Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of Patient Wandering. PSNet [internet].
2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wandering-floors-safety-and-security-risks-patient-wandering
Case Objectives
Define patie…
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February 03, 2010 - Double Dosing, by the Rules
Citation Text:
Cohen H. Double Dosing, by the Rules. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2009.
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January 01, 2021 - PSNet
Curated Library
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Medication/Drug Errors
Curated Library
Primers
Medication Administration Errors
Paul MacDowell, PharmD, BCPS, Ann Cabri, PharmD, and Michaela Davis, MSN, RN, CNS | March,
12 2021
Medication administration errors are a persistent patient saf…
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March 01, 2015 - Missing ECG and Missed Diagnosis Lead to Dangerous Delay
Citation Text:
O'Connor RE. Missing ECG and Missed Diagnosis Lead to Dangerous Delay. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2018.
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September 20, 2011 - Lethal Vertigo
Citation Text:
Furman JM. Lethal Vertigo. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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November 01, 2006 - Secured But Not Always Safe
November 1, 2006
Jahr JS, Hosseini P. Secured But Not Always Safe. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/secured-not-always-safe
The Case
An 84-year-old healthy woman underwent an elective left total knee replacement for degenerative
osteoarthritis. She received spinal …
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November 01, 2015 - In Conversation With… Lorri Zipperer, MA
November 1, 2015
In Conversation With… Lorri Zipperer, MA. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-lorri-zipperer-ma
Editor's note: Lorri Zipperer, principal at Zipperer Project Management, was a founding staff member of
the National Patient…
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February 01, 2006 - Removing Insult from Injury—Disclosing Adverse Events
February 1, 2006
Wu AW. Removing Insult from Injury—Disclosing Adverse Events. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/removing-insult-injury-disclosing-adverse-events
Perspective
You pull into a parking space, swing open the car door, and ar…
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June 19, 2019 - Organisational learning in hospitals: a concept analysis.
June 19, 2019
Lyman B, Hammond EL, Cox JR. Organisational learning in hospitals: A concept analysis. J Nurs Manag.
2019;27(3):633-646. doi:10.1111/jonm.12722.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/organisational-learning-hospitals-concept-analysis
Organizations are …
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December 13, 2023 - Pay practices and safety organizing: evidence from
hospital nursing units.
December 13, 2023
Conroy SA, Vogus TJ. Pay practices and safety organizing: evidence from hospital nursing units. Health
Care Manage Rev. 2023;49(1):68-73. doi:10.1097/hmr.0000000000000392.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pay-practices-and-saf…
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March 24, 2021 - Analysis of transdermal medication patch errors
uncovers a “patchwork” of safety challenges.
March 24, 2021
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care. March 11, 2021;26(5):1-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-transdermal-medication-patch-errors-uncovers-patchwork-safety-
challenges
Skin patches are a conveni…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73178/psn-pdf
April 28, 2021 - Risk perception on the labour ward: a mixed methods
study.
April 28, 2021
McCarthy C, Meaney S, Rochford M, et al. Risk perception on the labour ward: a mixed methods study. J
Patient Saf Risk Manag. 2021;26(2):56-63. doi:10.1177/25160435211002428.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-perception-labour-ward-mixed-met…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47514/psn-pdf
October 31, 2018 - Making Hospitals Safe for People With Diabetes.
October 31, 2018
Watts E, Rayman G. Diabetes UK. London, UK; 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-hospitals-safe-people-diabetes
Chronic disease management can add complexity to inpatient care regimens. Researchers worked with
patients, system leaders, and clini…
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June 03, 2014 - The value of autopsies in the era of high-tech medicine:
discrepant findings persist.
June 3, 2014
Kuijpers CCHJ, Fronczek J, van de Goot FRW, et al. The value of autopsies in the era of high-tech
medicine: discrepant findings persist. J Clin Pathol. 2014;67(6):512-9. doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2013-202122.
https://psn…
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July 19, 2017 - The opioid epidemic: what can surgeons do about it?
July 19, 2017
Saluja S, Selzer D, Meara JG, et al. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2017;102(7):13-18.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-epidemic-what-can-surgeons-do-about-it
Surgeons often prescribe opioids for patients after procedures, so they are in a key position to ass…
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February 18, 2011 - Are opioid dependence and methadone maintenance
treatment (MMT) documented in the medical record? A
patient safety issue.
February 18, 2011
Walley AY, Farrar D, Cheng DM, et al. Are opioid dependence and methadone maintenance treatment
(MMT) documented in the medical record? A patient safety issue. J Gen Intern Me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42455/psn-pdf
September 09, 2013 - Improving patient care through leadership engagement
with frontline staff: a Department of Veterans Affairs case
study.
September 9, 2013
Singer SJ, Rivard PE, Hayes J, et al. Improving patient care through leadership engagement with frontline
staff: a Department of Veterans Affairs case study. Jt Comm J Qual Pati…