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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37601/psn-pdf
March 19, 2008 - Patient Safety Education Project.
March 19, 2008
Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society; Northwestern University.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-education-project
This Web site provides information on the Patient Safety Education Project (PSEP), an initiative to build a
core patient safety curricul…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41987/psn-pdf
January 23, 2013 - When Doctors Don't Listen.
January 23, 2013
Wen L, Kosowsky J. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press; 2013. ISBN: 9780312594916.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-doctors-dont-listen
Drawing on two physicians' experiences, this publication provides recommendations to improve
patient–physician interactions to prevent di…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41471/psn-pdf
June 20, 2012 - Patients taking their own medications while in the
hospital.
June 20, 2012
PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2012;9:50-57.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-taking-their-own-medications-while-hospital
Discussing errors related to hospital patients' use of personal medications, this newsletter article provi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42718/psn-pdf
September 17, 2018 - A Culture of Safety in EMS Systems.
September 17, 2018
Irving, TX: American College of Emergency Physicians; 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/culture-safety-ems-systems
This guidance recognizes risks associated with emergency medical services and provides
recommendations to support the implementation of a safety…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36347/psn-pdf
March 18, 2010 - Skin tears: the clinical challenge.
March 18, 2010
PA PSRS Patient Saf Advis 2006 Sep;3(3):1,5-10.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/skin-tears-clinical-challenge
This article discusses the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) reports of skin tears
and provides suggestions to help keep patients safe f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36970/psn-pdf
March 17, 2011 - Connecticut Center for Patient Safety.
March 17, 2011
Connecticut Center for Patient Safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/connecticut-center-patient-safety
The Connecticut Center for Patient Safety works to improve patient safety in Connecticut hospitals and
protect the rights of injured patients. This Web site sha…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36647/psn-pdf
February 14, 2007 - Patient safety: the patient's role.
February 14, 2007
Ford D. Patient safety: the patient's role. . World Hosp Health Serv. 2006;42(3):45-48.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-patients-role
The author shares his family's experience with medical error and provides recommendations for how
patients and fami…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35372/psn-pdf
June 06, 2018 - Paralyzed by mistakes: preventing errors with
neuromuscular blocking agents.
June 6, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. September 22, 2005;10:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/paralyzed-mistakes-preventing-errors-neuromuscular-blocking-agents
This article provides examples of incidents involvin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39359/psn-pdf
May 25, 2015 - Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit.
May 25, 2015
Oak Brook, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2010. ISBN: 9781599403144.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-intensive-care-unit
This guide offers tools and strategies to ensure that intensive care units provide safe care, in the context of
evidence-base…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36271/psn-pdf
September 20, 2006 - Safe Foundations: Junior Doctors and Patient Safety.
September 20, 2006
National Patient Safety Agency.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-foundations-junior-doctors-and-patient-safety
This Web site has educational modules for doctors-in-training and provides slides, trainer's notes, and
relevant case studies on hu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40300/psn-pdf
March 16, 2011 - Informed Patient Institute.
March 16, 2011
Annapolis, MD.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/informed-patient-institute
Transparency is an important tool to support patient decision making. This organization rates online health
care report cards and provides tips for reporting quality concerns. They emphasize informatio…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38230/psn-pdf
August 11, 2010 - The Patient Safety Leadership WalkRounds Guide.
August 11, 2010
Frankel AS, Grillo S, Pittman MA. Chicago, IL: Health Research and Educational Trust; 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-leadership-walkrounds-guide
This booklet provides information on the implementation of a WalkRounds program as a cul…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37539/psn-pdf
June 16, 2019 - ISMP medication error report analysis.
June 16, 2019
Cohen MR; Smetzer JL.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-medication-error-report-analysis-21
This monthly selection of medication error reports provides examples of intravenous amphotericin mix-ups,
cardiac catheterization lab set-up problems, and sound-alike dru…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40303/psn-pdf
May 16, 2019 - Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous
Innovation, Second Edition.
May 16, 2019
Raheja D. New York, NY: Productivity Press; 2019. ISBN: 9780367178482
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safer-hospital-care-strategies-continuous-innovation
This publication provides various strategies to drive innovation in patient…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40190/psn-pdf
May 21, 2011 - Perinatal high reliability.
May 21, 2011
Knox E, Simpson KR. Perinatal high reliability. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204(5):373-377.
doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2010.10.900.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perinatal-high-reliability
This review provides background on high-reliability organizations and discusses how these concep…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35578/psn-pdf
June 21, 2010 - Patient safety: latex allergy.
June 21, 2010
Reines D, Seifert PC. Patient safety: latex allergy. Surg Clin North Am. 2005;85(6):1329-40, xiv.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-latex-allergy
The authors provide a brief history of latex allergies and several recommendations for minimizing the
risk of alle…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39066/psn-pdf
October 28, 2021 - Hospital Performance Report.
October 28, 2021
Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-performance-report
Detailing results of an error reporting initiative in New Jersey, these reports explain how consumers can
use this information and provides tips f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35920/psn-pdf
March 17, 2011 - North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient
Safety.
March 17, 2011
North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/north-carolina-center-hospital-quality-and-patient-safety
The center was created by the North Carolina Hospital Association to provide education …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34768/psn-pdf
March 07, 2005 - Man-Made Disasters. 2nd ed.
March 7, 2005
Turner BA, Pidgeon NF. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1997.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/man-made-disasters-2nd-ed
For those interested in potential lessons drawn from analyses of major accidents in other industries, this
book, originally published in 1978, still provi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35081/psn-pdf
March 29, 2007 - Achieving Safe and Reliable Healthcare: Strategies and
Solutions.
March 29, 2007
Leonard MS, Frankel A, Simmonds T, Vega KB. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press; 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/achieving-safe-and-reliable-healthcare-strategies-and-solutions
The authors provide examples of tools and methods…