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July 01, 2016 - Standardized postoperative handover process improves outcomes in the intensive care unit: a model for operational
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May 18, 2016 - Error in medicine.
May 18, 2016
Leape L. Error in medicine. JAMA. 1994;272(23):1851-1857.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/error-medicine
Leape discusses how traditional methods of error reduction in medicine have focused on individual
performance rather than on the systems in which individuals operate. With reference…
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January 12, 2022 - Quality and safety in hospital pediatrics during COVID-19:
a national qualitative study.
January 12, 2022
De Angulo NR, Penwill N, Pathak PR, et al. Quality and safety in hospital pediatrics during COVID-19: a
national qualitative study. Hosp Pediatr. 2022;12(1):e2021006115. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2021-006115.
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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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September 25, 2011 - Using a data-matrix–coded sponge counting system
across a surgical practice: impact after 18 months.
September 25, 2011
Cima RR, Kollengode A, Clark J, et al. Using a data-matrix-coded sponge counting system across a
surgical practice: impact after 18 months. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37(2):51-58.
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December 19, 2011 - Communicating in the "gray zone": perceptions about
emergency physician-hospitalist handoffs and patient
safety.
December 19, 2011
Apker J, Mallak LA, Gibson SC. Communicating in the "gray zone": perceptions about emergency physician
hospitalist handoffs and patient safety. Acad Emerg Med. 2007;14(10):884-94.
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July 05, 2013 - A novel method for reproducibly measuring the effects of
interventions to improve emotional climate, indices of
team skills and communication, and threat to patient
outcome in a high-volume thoracic surgery center.
July 5, 2013
Nurok M, Lipsitz S, Satwicz P, et al. A novel method for reproducibly measuring the eff…
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September 26, 2012 - Failures in communication and information transfer
across the surgical care pathway: interview study.
September 26, 2012
Nagpal K, Arora S, Vats A, et al. Failures in communication and information transfer across the surgical
care pathway: interview study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(10):843-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/is…
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October 03, 2017 - Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How
Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care.
October 3, 2017
Makary M. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press; 2012. ISBN: 9781608198368.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unaccountable-what-hospitals-wont-tell-you-and-how-transparency-can-
revolutionize-health-care
This boo…
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January 01, 2024 - Supporting nurses in acute and emergency care settings
to speak up.
November 8, 2023
Clarke-Romain B. Supporting nurses in acute and emergency care settings to speak up. Emerg Nurse.
2024;32(3):16-21. doi:10.7748/en.2023.e2162.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/supporting-nurses-acute-and-emergency-care-settings-speak
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April 15, 2015 - Health Care Simulation to Advance Safety: Responding to
Ebola and Other Threats.
April 15, 2015
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2015. AHRQ Publication No. 15-
0021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-simulation-advance-safety-responding-ebola-and-other-threats
Simulation …
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June 23, 2021 - Wrong Site Surgery - Wrong Patient: Invasive Procedures
in Outpatient Settings.
June 23, 2021
Farnborough, UK: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch; June 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wrong-site-surgery-wrong-patient-invasive-procedures-outpatient-settings
Wrong site/wrong patent surgery is a persisten…
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August 02, 2015 - Hospital readmission after noncardiac surgery: the role of
major complications.
August 2, 2015
Glance LG, Kellermann AL, Osler T, et al. Hospital readmission after noncardiac surgery: the role of major
complications. JAMA Surg. 2014;149(5):439-45.
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November 28, 2016 - Parental involvement in the preoperative surgical safety
checklist is welcomed by both parents and staff.
November 28, 2016
Corbally MT, Tierney E. Parental involvement in the preoperative surgical safety checklist is welcomed by
both parents and staff. Int J Pediatr. 2014;2014:791490. doi:10.1155/2014/791490.
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November 18, 2013 - Surgical safety checklist compliance: a job done poorly!
November 18, 2013
Sparks EA, Wehbe-Janek H, Johnson RL, et al. Surgical Safety Checklist compliance: a job done poorly!. J
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December 23, 2008 - A classification system for incidents and accidents in the
health-care system.
December 23, 2008
Runciman WB, Helps SC, Sexton EJ, et al. A classification for incidents and accidents in the health-care
system. J Qual Clin Pract. 1998;18(3):199-211.
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March 09, 2011 - Harvey Cushing's open and thorough documentation of
surgical mishaps at the dawn of neurologic surgery.
March 9, 2011
Latimer K, Pendleton C, Olivi A, et al. Harvey Cushing's open and thorough documentation of surgical
mishaps at the dawn of neurologic surgery. Arch Surg. 2011;146(2):226-32.
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May 08, 2019 - Why your doctor's white coat can be a threat to your
health.
May 8, 2019
Haun N, Hooper-Lane C, Safdar N. Healthcare Personnel Attire and Devices as Fomites: A Systematic
Review. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016;37(11):1367-1373.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-your-doctors-white-coat-can-be-threat-your-health…
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July 31, 2024 - Impact of a daily huddle on safety in perioperative
services.
July 31, 2024
Tuyishime H, Claure RE, Balakrishnan K, et al. Impact of a daily huddle on safety in perioperative services.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024;50(9):678-683. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.04.012.
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August 24, 2016 - 5 cataract surgeries, 5 people blinded: what went wrong?
August 24, 2016
Kowalczyk L. Boston Globe. August 14, 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/5-cataract-surgeries-5-people-blinded-what-went-wrong
Certain elements of the ambulatory surgery environment can increase risk of adverse events. Reporting on
a series o…