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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47112/psn-pdf
May 09, 2018 - 34 ways to survive your next trip to the hospital.
May 9, 2018
Crouch M. Reader's Digest. April 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/34-ways-survive-your-next-trip-hospital
Involving patients in their care can help improve safety. This magazine article provides 34 tips from leading
patient safety experts to assist p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47412/psn-pdf
October 31, 2018 - The systems approach at the sharp end.
October 31, 2018
Cross SRH. The systems approach at the sharp end. Future Healthc J. 2019;5(3):176-180.
doi:10.7861/futurehosp.5-3-176.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-approach-sharp-end
Systems solutions are often focused on creating improvements at the organizational o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41378/psn-pdf
March 04, 2015 - Clinically missed cancer: how effectively can radiologists
use computer-aided detection?
March 4, 2015
Nishikawa RM, Schmidt RA, Linver MN, et al. Clinically Missed Cancer: How Effectively Can Radiologists
Use Computer-Aided Detection? American Journal of Roentgenology. 2012;198(3).
doi:10.2214/ajr.11.6423.
https…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44717/psn-pdf
February 10, 2016 - Trends and patterns in reporting of patient safety
situations in transplantation.
February 10, 2016
Stewart DE, Tlusty SM, Taylor KH, et al. Trends and Patterns in Reporting of Patient Safety Situations in
Transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2015;15(12):3123-33. doi:10.1111/ajt.13528.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41296/psn-pdf
April 11, 2012 - I-PASS, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs.
April 11, 2012
Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Srivastava R, et al. I-pass, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs.
Pediatrics. 2012;129(2):201-4. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-2966.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-pass-mnemonic-standardize-verbal-handoffs
Poor communication at…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45236/psn-pdf
June 15, 2016 - Advancing Patient Safety in Cataract Surgery: A Betsy
Lehman Center Expert Panel Report.
June 15, 2016
Boston, MA: Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction; 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-patient-safety-cataract-surgery-betsy-lehman-center-expert-panel-
report
Cataract surg…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48145/psn-pdf
July 17, 2019 - Mental mayhem: the peril of multitasking in medicine.
July 17, 2019
Joseph R; Harry E.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mental-mayhem-peril-multitasking-medicine
Multitasking can negatively affect cognitive load and diminish safety. This magazine article reports on how
multitasking can contribute to surgeon fatigue, b…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851059/psn-pdf
June 28, 2023 - Causes for medical errors in obstetrics and gynaecology.
June 28, 2023
Klemann D, Rijkx M, Mertens H, et al. Causes for medical errors in obstetrics and gynaecology. Healthcare
(Basel). 2023;11(11):1636. doi:10.3390/healthcare11111636.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/causes-medical-errors-obstetrics-and-gynaecology
R…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74859/psn-pdf
February 23, 2022 - Characteristics of registered clinical trials assessing
strategies of medication errors prevention- an unusual
cross sectional analysis.
February 23, 2022
doi:http://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92iS2.11507.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-registered-clinical-trials-assessing-strategies-medication-errors-
p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39993/psn-pdf
July 03, 2014 - The influence of organizational context on quality
improvement and patient safety efforts in infection
prevention: a multi-center qualitative study.
July 3, 2014
Krein SL, Damschroder LJ, Kowalski CP, et al. The influence of organizational context on quality
improvement and patient safety efforts in infection prev…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/843095/psn-pdf
January 25, 2023 - Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities causing mortality
and morbidity in pregnant and postpartum patients.
January 25, 2023
Sentinel Event Alert. January 17, 2023:(66):1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eliminating-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-causing-mortality-and-morbidity-
pregnant-and
Racial and ethnic in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45586/psn-pdf
November 02, 2016 - Antimicrobial stewardship and patient safety.
November 2, 2016
Zukowski CM. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Patient Safety. AORN J. 2016;104(4):354-356.
doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2016.08.002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-patient-safety
Antimicrobial stewardship has been highlighted as a strate…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/858323/psn-pdf
December 13, 2023 - Some doctors are ditching the scale, saying focusing on
weight drives misdiagnoses.
December 13, 2023
O'Neill E. Health Shots. National Public Radio. December 2, 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/some-doctors-are-ditching-scale-saying-focusing-weight-drives-misdiagnoses
Inordinate focus on one element o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44152/psn-pdf
November 06, 2015 - Infection Prevention.
November 6, 2015
Allen G, ed. AORN J. 2015;101:505-596.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-prevention
A primary concern in the perioperative setting is the prevention of health care–associated infections,
particularly surgical site infections. Articles in this special issue explore strate…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46081/psn-pdf
April 19, 2017 - Why are medical errors still a leading cause of death?
April 19, 2017
Headley M.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-are-medical-errors-still-leading-cause-death
This magazine article explores the need for robust research and effective reporting to better understand the
prevalence of medical errors and how to prevent…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42985/psn-pdf
February 26, 2014 - Confusion—specimen mix-up in dermatopathology and
measures to prevent and detect it.
February 26, 2014
Weyers W. Confusion-specimen mix-up in dermatopathology and measures to prevent and detect it.
Dermatol Pract Concept. 2014;4(1):27-42. doi:10.5826/dpc.0401a04.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/confusion-specimen-mix…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50758/psn-pdf
December 18, 2019 - Still Not Safe: Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of
American Medicine.
December 18, 2019
Wears R, Sutcliffe K. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2019. ISBN: 9780190271268.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/still-not-safe-patient-safety-and-middle-managing-american-medicine
The modern patient safety movement …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/842432/psn-pdf
January 11, 2023 - Medication errors: the year in review: January through
December 2021.
January 11, 2023
Pharmacy Practice News Special Edition. December 13, 2022: 43-54.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-year-review-january-through-december-2021
Medication errors continue to occur despite long-standing efforts to redu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34979/psn-pdf
June 22, 2009 - The WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety: a new
challenge or an old one neglected?
June 22, 2009
Edwards R. The WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety: a new challenge or an old one neglected? Drug
Saf. 2005;28(5):379-86.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/who-world-alliance-patient-safety-new-challenge-or-old-one-negle…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42925/psn-pdf
February 05, 2014 - Understanding the Role of Facility Design in the
Acquisition and Prevention of Healthcare-Associated
Infections.
February 5, 2014
Hamilton DK, Stichler JF, eds. HERD. 2013;7(suppl):1-154.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-role-facility-design-acquisition-and-prevention-healthcare-
associated
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