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August 30, 2023 - August 16, 2023 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly
Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety. The current issue highlights what's new this week in patient
safety literature, news, conferences, reports…
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March 01, 2005 - pulse oximetry monitoring, wound care, blood draws, intravenous catheter placement,
skin care and prevention … of pressure ulcers, respiratory and ventilator support, and correct administration of
medications can
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December 01, 2011 - and pulse oximetry monitoring, wound care, blood draws, intravenous catheter placement, skin care and prevention … of pressure ulcers, respiratory and ventilator support, and correct administration of medications can
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September 01, 2012 - They're getting decubitus ulcers.
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October 01, 2004 - Intramuscular injection site injuries masquerading as pressure ulcers. Wounds. 2003;15:302-312. … Smoking cessation advice/counseling Appropriate Initial Antibiotic Selection Surgical Infection Prevention
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April 11, 2024 - Misplaced Nasogastric Tube Resulting in Aspiration
April 11, 2024
Singh A, Huang C. Misplaced Nasogastric Tube Resulting in Aspiration. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misplaced-nasogastric-tube-resulting-aspiration
The Case
An 82-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department (ED) for …
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February 01, 2007 - Diagnostic Errors in Medicine: What Do Doctors and Umpires Have in Common?
Mark L. Graber, MD | February 1, 2007
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Graber ML. Diagnostic Errors in Medicine: What Do Doctors and Umpi…
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November 26, 2019 - is that there are four risk factors that underlie many of our hospital acquired conditions, (i.e., pressure … ulcers and catheter associated infections, falls, and delirium). … Whereas, working on mobility, delirium prevention, skin care, etc. is a more horizontal cross-cutting … In the health system I’m at right now, we’re increasingly marrying our falls prevention work with our … We placed fall prevention above safe mobility.
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November 26, 2019 - This makes it necessary to have patient safety practices directed specifically at prevention in these … is that there are four risk factors that underlie many of our hospital acquired conditions, (i.e., pressure … ulcers and catheter associated infections, falls, and delirium). … Whereas, working on mobility, delirium prevention, skin care, etc. is a more horizontal cross-cutting … We placed fall prevention above safe mobility.
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January 22, 2020 - influence of culture comes from the Rhode Island intensive care unit (ICU) collaborative that worked on the prevention … because they are able to do the basics every time, like turning patients every 60 minutes to avoid pressure … ulcers, using a central line checklist, or washing their hands frequently.
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August 30, 2023 - States, we have since
experienced higher rates of preventable infections, as well as increases in pressure … ulcers and falls. … dynamic reality, reorienting focus from performance measures of harm to measures that
reflect risk prevention … nursing homes across the United States to increase the implementation
of evidence-based infection prevention … with our work to radically reorient our thinking and approach to safety to place more emphasis on
prevention
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March 03, 2025 - Nosocomial Infections Go to this topic
Patient Falls Go to this topic
Pressure … Ulcers Go to this topic
Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism Go to this topic
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June 01, 2007 - kernicterus) associated with failure to identify and treat
hyperbilirubinemia in neonates
Stage 3 or 4 pressure … ulcers acquired after admission to a health care facility
Patient death or serious disability due to
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June 01, 2010 - Various strategies are used for fall prevention in the hospital. … serious problem in the hospital, putting patients at risk for many other problems, including delirium, pressure … ulcers, and functional decline. … Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. … Do hospital fall prevention programs work? A systematic review.
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February 26, 2021 - Services Risk Management Center for Medication Safety (VA MedSAFE) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Safety Foundation Nursing Times Nursing Times Health Service Journal ODPHP Office of Disease Prevention … Interruptions and distractions Medical Complications Delirium Nosocomial Infections Patient Falls Pressure … Ulcers Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism Medication Safety Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse
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March 17, 2021 - Services Risk Management Center for Medication Safety (VA MedSAFE) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Safety Foundation Nursing Times Nursing Times Health Service Journal ODPHP Office of Disease Prevention … Interruptions and distractions Medical Complications Delirium Nosocomial Infections Patient Falls Pressure … Ulcers Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism Medication Safety Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse
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April 01, 2003 - Various strategies are used for fall prevention in the hospital. … serious problem in the
hospital, putting patients at risk for many other problems, including delirium, pressure … ulcers, and functional
decline. … Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. … Do hospital fall prevention programs work? A systematic review.
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January 15, 2024 - Delirium
(23)
Nosocomial Infections
(812)
Patient Falls
(241)
Pressure … Ulcers
(84)
Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism
(70)
Medication Safety … Delirium
(23)
Nosocomial Infections
(812)
Patient Falls
(241)
Pressure … Ulcers
(84)
Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism
(70)
Medication Safety
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August 01, 2009 - May 8, 2017
Perspective
How Does Infection Prevention Fit
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September 01, 2012 - They're getting decubitus ulcers.