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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43282/psn-pdf
April 25, 2016 - Understanding the effect of resident duty hour reform: a
qualitative study.
April 25, 2016
Pattani R, Wu PE, Dhalla IA. Resident duty hours in Canada: past, present and future. Can Med Assoc J.
2014;186(10). doi:10.1503/cmaj.131053.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-effect-resident-duty-hour-reform-qualit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46026/psn-pdf
May 03, 2017 - Key principles in quality and safety in radiology.
May 3, 2017
Abujudeh H, Kaewlai R, Shaqdan K, et al. Key Principles in Quality and Safety in Radiology. American
Journal of Roentgenology. 2017;208(3). doi:10.2214/ajr.16.16951.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/key-principles-quality-and-safety-radiology
This review s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46937/psn-pdf
March 14, 2018 - Resident shift handoff strategies in US internal medicine
residency programs.
March 14, 2018
Wray CM, Chaudhry S, Pincavage A, et al. Resident Shift Handoff Strategies in US Internal Medicine
Residency Programs. JAMA. 2016;316(21):2273-2275. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.17786.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/resident-shift-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42727/psn-pdf
November 13, 2013 - Impact of electronic health record systems on information
integrity: quality and safety implications.
November 13, 2013
Bowman S. Impact of electronic health record systems on information integrity: quality and safety
implications. Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2013;10:1c.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-electron…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43181/psn-pdf
May 14, 2014 - Overextended: fighting the fatigue of long shifts.
May 14, 2014
Douglass JA. Overextended: Fighting the fatigue of long shifts. Nursing (Brux). 2014;44(3):67-8.
doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000441895.42899.0c.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overextended-fighting-fatigue-long-shifts
Many studies have demonstrated the link b…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48142/psn-pdf
August 21, 2019 - Six ways to lower errors—and unnecessary surgeries—in
radiology exams.
August 21, 2019
Panner M. Forbes. August 12, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/six-ways-lower-errors-and-unnecessary-surgeries-radiology-exams
Diagnostic errors can result in harm across the spectrum of practice. Discussing cognitive and syste…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44144/psn-pdf
May 27, 2015 - Maintaining safety in the dialysis facility.
May 27, 2015
Kliger AS. Maintaining safety in the dialysis facility. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015;10(4):688-95.
doi:10.2215/CJN.08960914.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/maintaining-safety-dialysis-facility
Failure to consider human factors and poor communication can contri…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40207/psn-pdf
February 09, 2011 - Building nursing intellectual capital for safe use of
information technology: a systematic review.
February 9, 2011
Poe SS. Building nursing intellectual capital for safe use of information technology: a systematic review. J
Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26(1):4-12. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181e15c88.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72861/psn-pdf
March 17, 2021 - Keeping patients on track with preventative care during
pandemic.
March 17, 2021
Quick Safety. March 2021;58:1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/keeping-patients-track-preventative-care-during-pandemic
The potential exposure to COVID-19 continues to negatively influence patient care seeking activity. This
article r…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42939/psn-pdf
March 02, 2014 - Healthcare personnel attire in non–operating-room
settings.
March 2, 2014
Bearman G, Bryant K, Leekha S, et al. Healthcare personnel attire in non-operating-room settings. Infect
Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014;35(2):107-21. doi:10.1086/675066.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-personnel-attire-non-operating-ro…
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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/43270/psn-pdf
June 18, 2014 - Group urges going metric to head off dosing mistakes.
June 18, 2014
Budnitz DS, Lovegrove MC, Rose KO. Adherence to Label and Device Recommendations for Over-the-
Counter Pediatric Liquid Medications. PEDIATRICS. 2014;133(2). doi:10.1542/peds.2013-2362.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/group-urges-going-metric-head-dos…
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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/45289/psn-pdf
May 03, 2017 - Measuring harm in health care: optimizing adverse event
review.
May 3, 2017
Walsh KE, Harik P, Mazor KM, et al. Measuring Harm in Health Care: Optimizing Adverse Event Review.
Med Care. 2017;55(4):436-441. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000000679.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-harm-health-care-optimizing-adverse-…
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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/41489/psn-pdf
October 12, 2012 - Defining patient safety in hospice: principles to guide
measurement and public reporting.
October 12, 2012
Casarett D, Spence C, Clark MA, et al. Defining patient safety in hospice: principles to guide measurement
and public reporting. J Palliat Med. 2012;15(10):1120-3. doi:10.1089/jpm.2011.0530.
https://psnet.ahr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34900/psn-pdf
December 17, 2009 - The State of the Science on Safe Medication
Administration.
December 17, 2009
Am J Nurs. 2005;105;(supp 5):2-55.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/state-science-safe-medication-administration
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the
Infusion Nurses Society, …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40199/psn-pdf
March 03, 2011 - Perspective: malpractice in an academic medical center: a
frequently overlooked aspect of professionalism
education.
March 3, 2011
Hochberg MS, Seib CD, Berman RS, et al. Perspective: Malpractice in an academic medical center: a
frequently overlooked aspect of professionalism education. Acad Med. 2011;86(3):365-8.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40818/psn-pdf
October 05, 2011 - Fractures of the fingers missed or misdiagnosed on
poorly positioned or poorly taken radiographs: a
retrospective study.
October 5, 2011
Tuncer S, Aksu N, Dilek H, et al. Fractures of the fingers missed or misdiagnosed on poorly positioned or
poorly taken radiographs: a retrospective study. J Trauma. 2011;71(3):64…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865680/psn-pdf
September 06, 2024 - Workforce and Patient Safety.
September 6, 2024
Dorset, UK: Health Services Safety Investigations Body; 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/workforce-and-patient-safety
The complex health care work environment creates conditions that detract from staff ability to provide safe
care. This collection of reports to be …