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6761. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4l_combo_psi15-accidentalpuncturelaceration-bestpractices.pdf
      May 31, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool D.4l Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PSI 15: Accidental Puncture or Laceration Why Focus on Accidental Puncture and Laceration? • A…

6762. Resources by National Action Plan Foundational Area | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - Resources by National Action Plan Foundational Area Contents Culture, Leadership, and Governance Patient and Family Engagement Workforce Safety Learning Systems Culture, Leadership, and Governance AHRQ Patient Safety Net (PSNet) Primer: Safety Culture This resource provides an overview of patient safety culture…

6763. Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient. | PSNet
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      October 19, 2022 - Organizational Policy/Guidelines Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient. Citation Text: Minei JP, Nathens AB, West M, et al. Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (V…

6764. Case report of a medication error by look-alike packaging: a classic surrogate marker of an unsafe system. | PSNet
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      January 12, 2022 - Commentary Case report of a medication error by look-alike packaging: a classic surrogate marker of an unsafe system. Citation Text: Schnoor J, Rogalski C, Frontini R, et al. Case report of a medication error by look-alike packaging: a classic surrogate marker of an unsafe system. Patien…

6765. Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preamble and Summary Epidemiology of Invasive Devic…

6766. Large language models for preventing medication direction errors in online pharmacies. | PSNet
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      February 27, 2019 - Study Large language models for preventing medication direction errors in online pharmacies. Citation Text: Pais C, Liu J, Voigt R, et al. Large language models for preventing medication direction errors in online pharmacies. Nat Med. 2024;30(6):1574-1582. doi:10.1038/s41591-024-02933-8.…

6767. Exploring the potential for using drug indications to prevent look-alike and sound-alike drug errors. | PSNet
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      December 18, 2019 - Study Exploring the potential for using drug indications to prevent look-alike and sound-alike drug errors. Citation Text: Seoane-Vazquez E, Rodriguez-Monguio R, Alqahtani S, et al. Exploring the potential for using drug indications to prevent look-alike and sound-alike drug errors. Expe…

6768. Improving safety in the operating room: a systematic literature review of retained surgical sponges. | PSNet
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      March 05, 2025 - Review Improving safety in the operating room: a systematic literature review of retained surgical sponges. Citation Text: Wan W, Le T, Riskin L, et al. Improving safety in the operating room: a systematic literature review of retained surgical sponges. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2009;22(…

6769. Scale, nature, preventability and causes of adverse events in hospitalised older patients. | PSNet
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      July 26, 2011 - Study Scale, nature, preventability and causes of adverse events in hospitalised older patients. Citation Text: Merten H, Zegers M, de Bruijne M, et al. Scale, nature, preventability and causes of adverse events in hospitalised older patients. Age Ageing. 2013;42(1):87-93. doi:10.1093/…

6770. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      November 20, 2019 - States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE). November 20, 2019 Ann Intern Med. 2019;171(7_Suppl):s1-s82. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/states-targeting-reduction-infections-engagement-strive The States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE) initiative was 3-year hospital- ba…

6771. Reducing potentially fatal errors associated with high doses of insulin: a successful multifaceted multidisciplinary prevention strategy. | PSNet
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      August 17, 2016 - Study Reducing potentially fatal errors associated with high doses of insulin: a successful multifaceted multidisciplinary prevention strategy. Citation Text: Dooley MJ, Wiseman M, McRae A, et al. Reducing potentially fatal errors associated with high doses of insulin: a successful mul…

6772. Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries. | PSNet
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      July 29, 2020 - Study Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries. Citation Text: Lu CY, Roughead E. Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65(7):733-40. doi:10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.0267…

6773. Lessons learned: basic evidence-based advice for preventing medication errors in children. | PSNet
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      December 22, 2008 - Commentary Lessons learned: basic evidence-based advice for preventing medication errors in children. Citation Text: Thomas DO. Lessons learned: basic evidence-based advice for preventing medication errors in children. Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Eme…

6774. A quality improvement initiative to reduce safety events among adolescents hospitalized after a suicide attempt. | PSNet
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      July 22, 2020 - Study A quality improvement initiative to reduce safety events among adolescents hospitalized after a suicide attempt. Citation Text: Noelck M, Velazquez-Campbell M, Austin JP. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Safety Events Among Adolescents Hospitalized After a Suicide Attempt…

6775. Accuracy of adverse-drug-event reports collected using an automated dispensing system. | PSNet
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      April 06, 2022 - Study Accuracy of adverse-drug-event reports collected using an automated dispensing system. Citation Text: Romero A, Malone DC. Accuracy of adverse-drug-event reports collected using an automated dispensing system. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62(13):1375-80. Copy Citation Forma…

6776. Preventing dispensing errors by alerting for drug confusions in the pharmacy information system—a survey of users. | PSNet
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      August 19, 2009 - Study Preventing dispensing errors by alerting for drug confusions in the pharmacy information system—a survey of users. Citation Text: Campmans Z, van Rhijn A, Dull RM, et al. Preventing dispensing errors by alerting for drug confusions in the pharmacy information system-A survey of use…

6777. Acute Hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic—Nevada, 2007. | PSNet
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      February 27, 2019 - Government Resource Acute Hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic—Nevada, 2007. Citation Text: Prevention C for DC and. Acute hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic--Nevada, 2007.…

6778. Wrong-site nerve blocks: a systematic literature review to guide principles for prevention. | PSNet
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      July 22, 2020 - Review Wrong-site nerve blocks: a systematic literature review to guide principles for prevention. Citation Text: Deutsch ES, Yonash RA, Martin DE, et al. Wrong-site nerve blocks: A systematic literature review to guide principles for prevention. J Clin Anesth. 2018;46:101-111. doi:10.10…

6779. An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections. | PSNet
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      February 22, 2023 - Review An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections. Citation Text: Backman C, Zoutman DE, Marck PB. An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between h…

6780. A systematic approach to the identification and classification of near-miss events on labor and delivery in a large, national health care system. | PSNet
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      May 21, 2019 - Study A systematic approach to the identification and classification of near-miss events on labor and delivery in a large, national health care system. Citation Text: Clark SL, Meyers JA, Frye DR, et al. A systematic approach to the identification and classification of near-miss events…