-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43089/psn-pdf
April 02, 2014 - Save a brain, make a checklist.
April 2, 2014
Hamblin J. The Atlantic. March 17, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/save-brain-make-checklist
Reporting on the use of checklists, this magazine article describes studies that identified benefits, such as
reduced complication rates, along with research that questioned…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/amphotericin-toxicity
April 01, 2014 - Amphotericin Toxicity
Citation Text:
Nagel J, Nguyen E. Amphotericin Toxicity. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
Copy Citation
Format:
Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/remote-response-team-and-customized-alert-settings-help-improve-management-sepsis
February 26, 2025 - Remote Response Team and Customized Alert Settings Help Improve Management of Sepsis
Save
Save to your library
Print
Download PDF
Share
Facebook
Twitter
Linkedin
Copy URL
May 31, 2023
Innovation
Contact
…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60165/psn-pdf
March 25, 2020 - The threat within: mitigating the risk of medical error.
March 25, 2020
Bennett S. The Threat Within: Mitigating The Risk Of Medical Error. Springer International Publishing;
2020. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23491-1_3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/threat-within-mitigating-risk-medical-error
Despite efforts to protect p…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45165/psn-pdf
July 19, 2016 - Standardize 4 Safety.
July 19, 2016
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/standardize-4-safety
Standardization has been highlighted as a way to improve safety in surgery, care transitions, and
medication administration. This initiative seeks to develop consensus guidelines and…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49531/psn-pdf
March 01, 2007 - Failure to Report
March 1, 2007
Spath P. Failure to Report. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-report
Case Objectives
List common causes of medical errors.
Appreciate the magnitude of underreporting of adverse events.
List the common barriers to reporting adverse events and near misses…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/print/pdf/node/866984
January 01, 2020 - PSNet
Curated Library
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Interdisciplinary teamwork
Curated Library
Foundations
Medical teamwork and the evolution of safety science: a critical review.
Neuhaus C, Lutnæs DE, Bergström J. Cogn Technol Work. 2020;22:13-27.
In this narrative review, the authors contr…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/multiple-high-risk-events-involving-workflow-wasting-medications-used-anesthesia
August 29, 2021 - Multiple High-Risk Events Involving Workflow for Wasting of Medications Used by Anesthesia
Citation Text:
Nguyen DD, Harper TA, Cello R. Multiple High-Risk Events Involving Workflow for Wasting of Medications Used by Anesthesia. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865455/psn-pdf
March 27, 2024 - Communication During Transitions of Care
March 27, 2024
Gurses AP, Sousane Z, Mossburg S. Communication During Transitions of Care. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/communication-during-transitions-care
Introduction
Inaccurate or untimely communication and ineffective teamwork in healthca…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49636/psn-pdf
October 01, 2011 - Mobility Lost in the ICU
October 1, 2011
Smith J. Mobility Lost in the ICU. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mobility-lost-icu
Case Objectives
Describe the role of the physical therapist in the hospital and ICU.
Compare the risks from immobility with the benefits gained from a program of ther…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-report
July 01, 2008 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Failure to Report
Citation Text:
Spath P. Failure to Report. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2007.
Copy Citation
Format:
Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnot…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/reducing-preventable-patient-harm-due-retained-surgical-items-rsi-bundle
July 23, 2024 - Reducing Preventable Patient Harm Due to Retained Surgical Items: The RSI Bundle
Save
Save to your library
Print
Download PDF
Share
Facebook
Twitter
Linkedin
Copy URL
May 29, 2024
View more articles from the same authors.
Inno…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74707/psn-pdf
January 26, 2022 - Pharmacy Education and Practice.
January 26, 2022
Cohen M, Degnan D, McDonnell P, eds. Patient Saf. 2022;4(s1):1-45
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-education-and-practice
Pharmacists play a unique role in patient safety that educational methods are shifting to address. This
special issue covers several topic…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44337/psn-pdf
July 22, 2015 - Patient Safety Supplement.
July 22, 2015
Middleton J, ed. Nursing Times and Health Service Journal. July 2015:s1-s20.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-supplement
Drawing from presentations at an annual conference in the United Kingdom, articles in this supplement
discuss barcode technologies, the Sign u…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45241/psn-pdf
October 31, 2023 - Hospital Harm Project.
October 31, 2023
Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Excellence Canada.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-harm-project
Reducing preventable harm associated with health care is a worldwide goal. This Canadian initiative
developed a measure to track unintended harm in acute c…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38149/psn-pdf
October 15, 2008 - Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An
Overview of State Reporting Programs and Individual
Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections.
October 15, 2008
Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; September 2008. Publication GAO-08-
808.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-ca…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49768/psn-pdf
September 01, 2016 - A Pill Organizing Plight
September 1, 2016
McGalliard B, Shane R, Rosen S. A Pill Organizing Plight. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/pill-organizing-plight
Case Objectives
Identify patients at high risk for adverse drug events.
List drugs that are considered inappropriate in older patients.
…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/spotlight_overdose_of_gabapentin_and_oxycodone_in_a_patient_with_end-stage_renal_disease.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_Gabapentin Overdose_12.21.2022 FINAL.pptx
Spotlight
Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient
with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate
Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the January 2023 AHRQ WebM&M
Spotl…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/total-parenteral-nutrition-multifarious-errors
January 23, 2017 - Standardized ordering and administration of total parenteral nutrition reduces errors in children's hospital
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/room-without-orders
September 01, 2011 - care including medication administration.( 12 ) Medication reconciliation at the time of admission reduces