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November 20, 2015 - Clinical handover of the critically ill postoperative patient:
an integrative review.
November 20, 2015
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April 18, 2018 - Guideline Summary: Medication Safety.
April 18, 2018
Guideline Summary: Medication Safety. AORN J. 2018;107(4):489-494. doi:10.1002/aorn.12096.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guideline-summary-medication-safety
Perioperative medication errors can result in patient harm as well as emotional distress among clinical
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February 03, 2011 - Error reporting and disclosure systems: views from
hospital leaders.
February 3, 2011
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March 13, 2024 - Creating a just culture in the perioperative setting.
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Fear of retaliation by leaders or colleague…
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February 25, 2015 - The effectiveness of management-by-walking-around: a
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February 25, 2015
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July 25, 2012 - Protecting patients from an unsafe system: the etiology
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October 18, 2017 - Surgical Patient Safety: A Case-Based Approach.
October 18, 2017
Stahel PF, ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education/Medical; 2017. ISBN: 9780071842631.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-patient-safety-case-based-approach
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August 15, 2018 - Design for patient safety: a systems-based risk
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April 18, 2018 - A Just Culture Guide.
April 18, 2018
NHS Improvement. London, UK: National Health Service; March 15, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/just-culture-guide
Although focusing on system failure has been highlighted as key to improving patient safety, individual
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October 27, 2016 - Time-out: the professional and organizational ethics of
speaking up in the OR.
October 27, 2016
Berlinger N, Dietz E. Time-out: The Professional and Organizational Ethics of Speaking Up in the OR. AMA
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January 09, 2019 - The accuracy of medical dispatch—a systematic review.
January 9, 2019
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April 09, 2013 - Six things every plastic surgeon needs to know about
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December 04, 2024 - Safety of inpatient care in surgical settings: cohort study.
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June 05, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and
Recovery.
June 5, 2019
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Patients are vulnerable to harm after surgery. This program used methods from the Comprehensive Unit-
based S…
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April 27, 2016 - Effectiveness of surgical safety checklists in improving
patient safety.
April 27, 2016
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July 19, 2017 - Half the time, nursing homes scrutinized on safety by
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Rau J. Kaiser Health News. July 6, 2017.
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System failures contribute to recurring problems in health care environ…
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August 17, 2017 - Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS).
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Tobin WN. Patient Safety Quality Healthcare. May/June 2013.
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Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS), Inc. was a nonprofit organization that supported,
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May 22, 2019 - Medicines safety in anaesthetic practice.
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Mackay E, Jennings J, Webber S. Medicines safety in anaesthetic practice. BJA Edu. 2019;19(5):151-157.
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Human factors affect medication delivery in the operating …
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June 20, 2018 - FDA Safety Communication: recommendations to reduce
surgical fires and related patient injury.
June 20, 2018
MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration. May 29, 2018.
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patient-inju…
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January 01, 2008 - In a challenging health care environment, replete with financial, operational, and human resource issues … Then they have a hard time assessing in a comprehensive way the clinical and operational systems that