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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/thin-air
March 01, 2006 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Thin Air
Citation Text:
Gaba DM. Thin Air. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-mix-bad-worse
March 01, 2018 - Medication Mix-Up: From Bad to Worse
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Wollitz A, O'Connor MF. Medication Mix-Up: From Bad to Worse. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/resuscitation-errors-shocking-problem
October 19, 2022 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Resuscitation Errors: A Shocking Problem
Citation Text:
Edelson DP, Abella BS. Resuscitation Errors: A Shocking Problem. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2007.
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February 03, 2006 - Lost in Transition
February 1, 2006
Beach C. Lost in Transition. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lost-transition
Case Objectives
Provide an overview of transitions in continuously operating industries
Review cognitive error
Describe the complex dynamics of transitions in emergency care
Pro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dangerous-dialysis
June 12, 2024 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Dangerous Dialysis
Citation Text:
Holley JL. Dangerous Dialysis . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2010.
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September 01, 2014 - No BP During NIBP
September 1, 2014
Görges M, Ansermino MJ. No BP During NIBP. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/no-bp-during-nibp
The Case
An otherwise healthy 49-year-old man with atrial fibrillation was scheduled for ablation in the catheterization
laboratory under general endotracheal anes…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72693/psn-pdf
January 29, 2021 - Unintentional Ketamine Overdose in the Operating Room
– Mixing Up the Ampules
January 29, 2021
Bohringer C. Unintentional Ketamine Overdose in the Operating Room – Mixing Up the Ampules. PSNet
[internet]. 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unintentional-ketamine-overdose-operating-room-mixing-ampules
The Case
A…
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January 29, 2020 - Patient Identification Errors: A Systems Challenge
January 29, 2020
Choudhury LS, Vu CT. Patient Identification Errors: A Systems Challenge. PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-identification-errors-systems-challenge
The Cases
The following four events involving five patients all involved…
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July 01, 2003 - Bleeding Risk
July 1, 2003
Crowther MA. Bleeding Risk. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/bleeding-risk
The Case
A frail 78-year-old woman fell at home and fractured her left hip. Her past medical history included atrial
fibrillation, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and stroke. The surgi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-clozapine-prescription-elderly-man-dementia
August 06, 2014 - Delayed Clozapine Prescription in an Elderly Man With Dementia
Citation Text:
Tsourounis C, Ghomeshi KK. Delayed Clozapine Prescription in an Elderly Man With Dementia. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/handoffs-and-transitions
February 01, 2007 - Annual Perspective
Handoffs and Transitions
Niraj Sehgal, MD, MPH | January 22, 2014
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Sehgal NL. Handoffs and Transitions. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/under-pressure-tracheostomy-cuff-over-inflation-leading-tissue-necrosis-and-cuff-rupture
March 15, 2023 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Under Pressure: Tracheostomy Cuff Over Inflation Leading to Tissue Necrosis and Cuff Rupture
Citation Text:
Gould E, Carlsen K, Trask J, et al. Under Pressure: Tracheostomy Cuff Over Inflation Leading to Tissue Necrosis and Cuff Rupture.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency fo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lot-pain-medications
September 23, 2020 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
A Lot of Pain (Medications)
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Herzig SJ. A Lot of Pain (Medications). PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2014.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-j-bryan-sexton-phd-ma
February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With… J. Bryan Sexton, PhD, MA
August 1, 2013
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In Conversation With… J. Bryan Sexton, PhD, MA. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2013.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/print/pdf/node/848754
January 01, 2025 - PSNet
Curated Library
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Implementation of Patient Safety Projects
Curated Library
Foundations
Leading change: why transformation efforts fail.
Kotter JP. Harvard Bus Rev 1995;73(2);59-67.
Kotter, a professor at Harvard Business School, outlines the eight stages …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hidden-danger-insidious-postpartum-bleeding-after-emergency-cesarean-delivery
November 25, 2020 - Hidden Danger! Insidious Postpartum Bleeding After Emergency Cesarean Delivery.
Citation Text:
Leiserowitz GS, Hedriana H. Hidden Danger! Insidious Postpartum Bleeding After Emergency Cesarean Delivery.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72911/psn-pdf
March 15, 2021 - The Impact of Communication on Medication Errors
March 15, 2021
Branch J, Hiner D, Jackson V. The Impact of Communication on Medication Errors. PSNet [internet]. 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/impact-communication-medication-errors
The Case
A 93-year-old man with a history of chronic systolic heart failure…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-jane-brice-md-mph
May 01, 2019 - with that 97-year-old woman and she looks very ill, an ED provider might assume she needs to be in a nursing … home.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-prehospital-emergency-medical-services-setting
May 01, 2019 - with that 97-year-old woman and she looks very ill, an ED provider might assume she needs to be in a nursing … home.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49725/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - Haste Makes Care Unsafe
January 1, 2015
Eichhorn JH. Haste Makes Care Unsafe. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/haste-makes-care-unsafe
The Case
An 80-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation underwent a combined
elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG…