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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38226/psn-pdf
February 18, 2011 - Critical events in the lives of interns.
February 18, 2011
Ackerman A, Graham M, Schmidt H, et al. Critical events in the lives of interns. J Gen Intern Med.
2009;24(1):27-32. doi:10.1007/s11606-008-0769-8.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/critical-events-lives-interns
Resident physicians remain at high risk for burno…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47829/psn-pdf
March 27, 2019 - The impact of internal service quality on preventable
adverse events in hospitals.
March 27, 2019
Zheng S, Tucker AL, Ren ZJ, et al. The Impact of Internal Service Quality on Preventable Adverse Events
in Hospitals. Production Operations Manag. 2017;27(12):2201-2212. doi:10.1111/poms.12758.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34737/psn-pdf
November 19, 2015 - First, Do No Harm Part 1: A Case Study of Systems
Failure.
November 19, 2015
Chicago: Partnership for Patient Safety, Harvard Risk Management Foundation; 2000.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/first-do-no-harm-part-1-case-study-systems-failure
This video, produced by the Partnership for Patient Safety and the Harvard …
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November 26, 2014 - Strategies for Ensuring the Safe Use of Insulin Pens in the
Hospital.
November 26, 2014
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-ensuring-safe-use-insulin-pens-hospital
Insulin is classified as a high-alert medication due to the potential to cause serious patient harm w…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837907/psn-pdf
August 24, 2022 - ISMP Guidelines for Safe Medication Use in Perioperative
and Procedural Settings.
August 24, 2022
Plymouth Meeting, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-guidelines-safe-medication-use-perioperative-and-procedural-settings
Medication errors associated with surgery and…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43529/psn-pdf
October 01, 2014 - National pediatric anesthesia safety quality improvement
program in the United States.
October 1, 2014
Kurth D, Tyler D, Heitmiller ES, et al. National pediatric anesthesia safety quality improvement program in
the United States. Anesth Analg. 2014;119(1):112-21. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000000040.
https://psnet.ahr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838639/psn-pdf
October 19, 2022 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic
Decisions.
October 19, 2022
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2022. AHRQ Publication no. 22(23)-
0047-2-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/calibrate-dx-resource-improve-diagnostic-decisions
Delayed, wrong, and missed diagnoses are commo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44846/psn-pdf
August 31, 2016 - Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic
resistance.
August 31, 2016
CDC; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-health-care-safer-protect-patients-antibiotic-resistance
Health care–associated infections (HAI) are a worldwide patient safety problem. This a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44488/psn-pdf
September 16, 2015 - Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-
Associated Infections (HAIs).
September 16, 2015
Leas BF, Sullivan N, Han JH, Pegues DA, Kaczmarek JL, Umscheid CA. Rockville, MD: Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2015. Technical Brief No. 22. AHRQ Publication No. 15-
EHC020-EF.
https://p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40362/psn-pdf
April 13, 2011 - Role of clinical context in residents' physical examination
diagnostic accuracy.
April 13, 2011
Sibbald M, Panisko D, Cavalcanti RB. Role of clinical context in residents' physical examination diagnostic
accuracy. Med Educ. 2011;45(4):415-21. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03896.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45386/psn-pdf
November 23, 2016 - Balancing doctor egos and errors.
November 23, 2016
Sweeney JF. Medical Economics. November 10, 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/balancing-doctor-egos-and-errors
Disclosure and candor with patients after a medical error has gained support from organizations, clinicians,
and patients. This magazine article discus…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41051/psn-pdf
February 20, 2012 - What do patients and relatives know about problems and
failures in care?
February 20, 2012
Iedema R, Allen S, Britton K, et al. What do patients and relatives know about problems and failures in
care? BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(3):198-205. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000100.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-do-patients-and…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37556/psn-pdf
November 21, 2016 - Unexpected intraoperative patient death: the imperatives
of family- and surgeon-centered care.
November 21, 2016
Taylor D, Hassan MA, Luterman A, et al. Unexpected intraoperative patient death: the imperatives of
family- and surgeon-centered care. Arch Surg. 2008;143(1):87-92. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2007.27.
https:/…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35158/psn-pdf
January 02, 2017 - Using simulation-based training to improve patient safety:
what does it take?
January 2, 2017
Salas E, Wilson K, Burke S, et al. Using simulation-based training to improve patient safety: what does it
take? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31(7):363-71.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-simulation-based-training-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44018/psn-pdf
November 16, 2015 - Targeted communication intervention using nursing crew
resource management principles.
November 16, 2015
Tschannen D, McClish D, Aebersold M, et al. Targeted communication intervention using nursing crew
resource management principles. J Nurs Care Qual. 2015;30(1):7-11.
doi:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000073.
https://p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39698/psn-pdf
July 21, 2010 - Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections
outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention to
new settings.
July 21, 2010
Kallen AJ, Patel PR, O'Grady NP. Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive
care unit: expanding prevention to new settings. Clin Infect Dis. 2010;51…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47978/psn-pdf
May 01, 2019 - Patient Safety.
May 1, 2019
GMS J Med Educ. 2019;36:Doc11-Doc22.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-16
Patient safety has been described as an unmet need in physician training. This special issue covers areas
of focus for a patient safety curriculum drawn from experience in the German medical education sy…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866567/psn-pdf
August 21, 2024 - A daily dose of communication to improve quality and
safety outcomes.
August 21, 2024
Halm MA. A daily dose of communication to improve quality and safety outcomes. Am J Crit Care.
2024;33(4):305-310. doi:10.4037/ajcc2024318.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/daily-dose-communication-improve-quality-and-safety-outcomes…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36225/psn-pdf
July 10, 2008 - Transfers of patient care between house staff on internal
medicine wards: a national survey.
July 10, 2008
Horwitz LI, Krumholz HM, Green M, et al. Transfers of patient care between house staff on internal
medicine wards: a national survey. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(11):1173-7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/transfe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37861/psn-pdf
June 25, 2008 - Adverse outcomes of blood transfusion in children:
analysis of UK reports to the serious hazards of
transfusion scheme 1996-2005.
June 25, 2008
Stainsby D, Jones H, Wells AW, et al. Adverse outcomes of blood transfusion in children: analysis of UK
reports to the serious hazards of transfusion scheme 1996-2005. Br …