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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitals-collaborate-prevent-wrong-site-surgery
November 28, 2018 - April 16, 2018
Medication errors with the dosing of insulin: problems across the continuum
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38550/psn-pdf
May 08, 2018 - Fatal outcome after inadvertent injection of topical
epinephrine.
May 8, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 26, 2009;14:1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatal-outcome-after-inadvertent-injection-topical-epinephrine
This article reports on the mistaken administration of a high-alert medic…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45165/psn-pdf
July 19, 2016 - Standardize 4 Safety.
July 19, 2016
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/standardize-4-safety
Standardization has been highlighted as a way to improve safety in surgery, care transitions, and
medication administration. This initiative seeks to develop consensus guidelines and…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37265/psn-pdf
May 02, 2018 - Potassium may no longer be stocked on patient care
units, but serious threats still exist!
May 2, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. October 4, 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potassium-may-no-longer-be-stocked-patient-care-units-serious-threats-still-
exist
This article describes how error…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49467/psn-pdf
December 01, 2004 - A "Weak" Response
December 1, 2004
Reisman AB. A "Weak" Response. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/weak-response
The Case
A primary care physician on call for his group received a call at 9:00PM from a 68-year-old man. He said,
"They started me on a new pill for my blood pressure and now I fe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37478/psn-pdf
February 22, 2011 - Programmable infusion pumps in ICUs: an analysis of
corresponding adverse drug events.
February 22, 2011
Nuckols TK, Bower AG, Paddock SM, et al. Programmable infusion pumps in ICUs: an analysis of
corresponding adverse drug events. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23 Suppl 1:41-5. doi:10.1007/s11606-007-
0414-y.
https://p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865922/psn-pdf
May 22, 2024 - Pharmacy-driven performance improvement initiative to
increase compliance with intravenous smart pump drug
error reduction systems at a large urban academic
medical center.
May 22, 2024
Abboudi E, Baron SW, Goriacko P, et al. Pharmacy-driven performance improvement initiative to increase
compliance with intraveno…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovations
February 26, 2025 - Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism
(1)
Medication Safety
(12)
Medication … Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events
(7)
Administration Errors
(1)
Dispensing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/never-events-utah-hospitals-saw-nearly-60-serious-errors-2007
July 08, 2009 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Never events: Utah hospitals saw nearly 60 serious errors in 2007.
Citation Text:
Never events: Utah hospitals saw nearly 60 serious errors in 2007. May H. Salt Lake Tribune. August 18, 2008.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guidelines-adult-iv-push-medications
April 01, 2015 - Book/Report
Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications.
Citation Text:
Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications. Horsham, PA: The Institute for Safe Medication Practices; July 2015.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-different-interventions-help-primary-care-clinicians-avoid-unsafe-opioid-prescribing
October 26, 2022 - June 22, 2022
ISMP medication error report analysis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/four-states-robust-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-reduced-opioid-dosages
June 21, 2016 - June 23, 2021
ISMP medication error report analysis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74186/psn-pdf
January 01, 2022 - highlight the
key role of appropriate nurse staffing in reducing the incidence of events such as falls and medication … errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/staffing-teamwork-and-scope-practice-analysis-association-patient-safety-context
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45288/psn-pdf
September 04, 2016 - nonrandomized-intervention-study-naloxone-coprescription-primary-care-patients-receiving-long
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-opioid-misuse
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48122/psn-pdf
August 21, 2019 - ashp-national-survey-pharmacy-practice-hospital-settings-monitoring-and-patient-education-1
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ashp-guidelines-preventing-medication-errors-hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45050/psn-pdf
May 03, 2016 - using-telehealth-improve-quality-and-safety-findings-ahrq-portfolio
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/telemedicine-consultations-and-medication-errors-rural-emergency-departments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44455/psn-pdf
September 02, 2015 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-safety-organizing-trusted-leadership-and-care-pathways-reported-medication-errors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43153/psn-pdf
May 07, 2014 - issue/oral-chemotherapy-prescription-safe-patients-cross-sectional-survey
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-home-multisite-study-children-cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46548/psn-pdf
April 16, 2018 - nurses-communication-safety-events-nursing-home-residents-and-families
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-prevalence-medication-errors-resulting-hospitalization-and-death-nursing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43524/psn-pdf
October 29, 2014 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events