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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46593/psn-pdf
November 08, 2017 - Unreadable barcodes and multiple barcodes on packages
can lead to errors.
November 8, 2017
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. October 19, 2017;22:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unreadable-barcodes-and-multiple-barcodes-packages-can-lead-errors
Barcodes can both enhance and degrade the medication …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38213/psn-pdf
November 12, 2008 - AHRQ announces interest in research on diagnostic
errors in ambulatory care settings.
November 12, 2008
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Special Emphasis Notice. October 25, 2007.
Publication No. NOT-HS-08-002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-announces-interest-research-diagnostic-error…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43183/psn-pdf
May 14, 2014 - Physician: 'I almost killed a patient' because of an
advance directive.
May 14, 2014
Betbeze P. HealthLeaders Media. May 2, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-i-almost-killed-patient-because-advance-directive
Reporting on how misinterpretation of advance directives and living wills can detract from patie…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43036/psn-pdf
March 27, 2014 - Redesigning hospital alarms for patient safety: alarmed
and potentially dangerous.
March 27, 2014
Chopra V, McMahon LF. Redesigning hospital alarms for patient safety: alarmed and potentially
dangerous. JAMA. 2014;311(12):1199-200. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.710.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/redesigning-hospital-alarms…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60569/psn-pdf
June 10, 2020 - Workplace team resilience: a systematic review and
conceptual development.
June 10, 2020
Hartwig A, Clarke S, Johnson S, et al. Workplace team resilience: s systematic review and conceptual
development. Org Psychol Rev. 2020;10(3-4):169-200. doi:10.1177/2041386620919476.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/workplace-team…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40043/psn-pdf
March 03, 2011 - Effect of a "Lean" intervention to improve safety
processes and outcomes on a surgical emergency unit.
March 3, 2011
McCulloch P, Kreckler S, New S, et al. Effect of a "Lean" intervention to improve safety processes and
outcomes on a surgical emergency unit. BMJ. 2010;341:c5469. doi:10.1136/bmj.c5469.
https://psne…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50577/psn-pdf
October 23, 2019 - Medicare's Oversight of Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Report.
October 23, 2019
Washington, DC: Office of the Inspector General; September 2019. Report No. OEI-01-15-00400.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicares-oversight-ambulatory-surgery-centers-report
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) play an increasing role in com…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38705/psn-pdf
June 17, 2009 - Ambulance stretcher adverse events.
June 17, 2009
Wang HE, Weaver MD, Abo BN, et al. Ambulance stretcher adverse events. Qual Saf Health Care.
2009;18(3):213-216. doi:10.1136/qshc.2007.024562.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ambulance-stretcher-adverse-events
This study analyzed more than 670 reported adverse events …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46800/psn-pdf
May 16, 2018 - Ireland investigates cervical cancer screening scandal.
May 16, 2018
O'Loughlin E. New York Times. April 30, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ireland-investigates-cervical-cancer-screening-scandal
Large-scale adverse events should lead to system examination and improvement. This newspaper article
reports on misr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43912/psn-pdf
February 25, 2015 - Patient Safety in Dialysis Access.
February 25, 2015
Widmer MK, Malik J, eds. Contrib Nephrol. 2015;184:1-270. ISBN: 9783318027051.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-dialysis-access
Patients with chronic kidney failure are at high risk for adverse events from treatment errors. This
publication raises awa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44673/psn-pdf
April 15, 2016 - The safety of emergency medicine.
April 15, 2016
Ramlakhan S, Qayyum H, Burke D, et al. The safety of emergency medicine. Emerg Med J.
2016;33(4):293-9. doi:10.1136/emermed-2014-204564.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-emergency-medicine
Emergency medicine is considered a high-risk environment, but little resea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60024/psn-pdf
March 11, 2020 - Artificial intelligence and surgical decision-making.
March 11, 2020
Loftus TJ, Tighe PJ, Filiberto AC, et al. Artificial intelligence and surgical decision-making. JAMA Surg.
2019;155(2):148-158. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.4917.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-and-surgical-decision-making
Arti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44091/psn-pdf
January 04, 2019 - Isolation precautions for visitors.
January 4, 2019
Munoz-Price LS, Banach DB, Bearman G, et al. Isolation Precautions for Visitors. Infect Control Hosp
Epidemiol. 2015;36(7):747-758. doi:10.1017/ice.2015.67.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/isolation-precautions-visitors
This expert guidance provides recommendations …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837074/psn-pdf
May 11, 2022 - The Color of Care.
May 11, 2022
Chicago, IL: Harpo Productions, Smithsonian Channel: May 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/color-care
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the impact of racial disparities and inequities on patient safety for
patients of color. This film shares stories of families whose care was unsafe. …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73669/psn-pdf
September 01, 2021 - Infection Prevention Compendium For Long-Term Care
Facilities.
September 1, 2021
Center for Healthy Aging--New York Academy of Medicine, Yale School of Nursing.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-prevention-compendium-long-term-care-facilities
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) challenge safety in long-te…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47533/psn-pdf
June 19, 2019 - Patient Safety: A Health Affairs Briefing.
June 19, 2019
Project Hope.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-health-affairs-briefing
To Err Is Human was released almost 2 decades ago and continues to influence a growing area of study
aimed at improving health care and reducing medical error. This in-person a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43100/psn-pdf
April 02, 2014 - Taking National Action to Prevent and Eliminate
Healthcare-Associated Infections.
April 2, 2014
Kahn KL, Battles JB, eds. Med Care. 2014;52:i-ii,s1-s100.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/taking-national-action-prevent-and-eliminate-healthcare-associated-infections
This special issue explores a national initiativ…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37938/psn-pdf
July 23, 2008 - An integrative review of the current evidence on the
relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the
incidence of health care-associated infections.
July 23, 2008
Backman C, Zoutman DE, Marck PB. An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship
between hand hygiene interventions and the in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867645/psn-pdf
July 01, 2022 - A call to action for anticoagulation stewardship.
July 1, 2022
Burnett AE, Barnes GD. A call to action for anticoagulation stewardship. Res Pract Thromb Haemost.
2022;6(5):e12757. doi:10.1002/rth2.12757.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/call-action-anticoagulation-stewardship
Anticoagulants are high-risk medications d…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46718/psn-pdf
August 08, 2018 - Workplace Violence Prevention: Implementing Strategies
for Safer Healthcare Organizations.
August 8, 2018
Joint Commission.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/workplace-violence-prevention-implementing-strategies-safer-healthcare-
organizations
Workplace violence in health care can affect the safety of both staff and p…