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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42218/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Your high-alert medication list—relatively useless without
associated risk-reduction strategies.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 4, 2013;18:1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/your-high-alert-medication-list-relatively-useless-without-associated-risk-
reduction
This newsletter …
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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/764408/psn-pdf
March 02, 2022 - Ensuring critical instruments and devices are appropriate
for reuse.
March 2, 2022
Quick Safety. February 14, 2022;(64):1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ensuring-critical-instruments-and-devices-are-appropriate-reuse
Complete, appropriate reprocessing and sterilization of reusable medical instruments and devices …
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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/73926/psn-pdf
October 06, 2021 - Good for You, Good for Us, Good for Everybody.
October 6, 2021
Ridge K. London, England: Crown Copyright; 2021. September 22, 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/good-you-good-us-good-everybody
Overprescribing has attained prominence as a safety issue due to the current opioid epidemic, but it has
long reduced medi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60663/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Apology laws and malpractice liability: what have we
learned?
July 8, 2020
Fields AC, Mello MM, Kachalia A. Apology laws and malpractice liability: what have we learned? BMJ Qual
Saf. 2021;30(1):64-67. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2020-010955.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/apology-laws-and-malpractice-liability-what-have-we-l…
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December 19, 2017 - Correlates of the third victim phenomenon.
December 19, 2017
Russ MJ. Correlates of the Third Victim Phenomenon. Psychiatr Q. 2017;88(4):917-920.
doi:10.1007/s11126-017-9511-1.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/correlates-third-victim-phenomenon
A sentinel event affects patients, their families, clinicians involved, an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43948/psn-pdf
May 20, 2015 - Human factors engineering: its place and potential in OR
safety.
May 20, 2015
Criscitelli T. Human factors engineering: its place and potential in OR safety. AORN J. 2015;101(5):571-3.
doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2015.02.013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-factors-engineering-its-place-and-potential-or-safety
Human fa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73502/psn-pdf
July 14, 2021 - Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care.
July 14, 2021
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-improve-antibiotic-use-long-term-care
The use of antibiotics should be monitored to reduce the potential for infection in care facilities. Thi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866638/psn-pdf
September 04, 2024 - The problem with 'never events'.
September 4, 2024
Zaslow J, Fortier J, Garber G. The problem with ‘never events’. BMJ Qual Saf. 2024;33(9):613-616.
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016981.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/problem-never-events
Never events are serious, but preventable, adverse events that result in serious pati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40430/psn-pdf
October 18, 2011 - Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.
October 18, 2011
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-
0037-1-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eliminating-clabsi-national-patient-safety-imperative
This publication reports the impact hospital p…
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January 01, 2023 - Hunter College
IMProving Outcomes Related to Patients Through Advanced Nursing Technology (IMPORTANT)
Description
This study assessed an advanced technology-based intervention’s impact on nurse surveillance, improving bedside shift reporting and hourly rounding completion rate…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50595/psn-pdf
January 01, 2020 - Clinical reasoning as a core competency.
October 30, 2019
Connor DM, Durning SJ, Rencic J. Clinical Reasoning as a Core Competency. Acad Med.
2020;95(8):1166-1171. doi:10.1097/acm.0000000000003027.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-reasoning-core-competency
Enhancing clinical reasoning skill, particularly amon…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33922/psn-pdf
August 05, 2009 - The importance of cognitive errors in diagnosis and
strategies to minimize them.
August 5, 2009
Croskerry P. The importance of cognitive errors in diagnosis and strategies to minimize them. Acad Med.
2003;78(8):775-780.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/importance-cognitive-errors-diagnosis-and-strategies-minimize-them…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/862607/psn-pdf
February 14, 2024 - Assessing diagnostic performance.
February 14, 2024
Cosby K, Yang D, Fineberg HV. Assessing diagnostic performance. NEJM Evid.
2024;3(2):EVIDra2300232. doi:10.1056/evidra2300232.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-diagnostic-performance
Assessing diagnostic performance to reduce diagnostic errors requires a sh…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/844060/psn-pdf
June 01, 2016 - Developing a measure of value in health care.
June 1, 2016
Ken Lee KH, Matthew Austin J, Pronovost PJ. Developing a measure of value in health care. Value Health.
2015;19(4):323-325. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2014.12.009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-measure-value-health-care
Value-based healthcare is emerging…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41957/psn-pdf
May 04, 2016 - Safety Considerations for Product Design to Minimize
Medication Errors: Guidance for Industry.
May 4, 2016
Rockville, MD: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration; April 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-considerations-product-design-minimize-medication-errors-guidance-
indu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838027/psn-pdf
September 07, 2022 - Advancing Anticoagulation Stewardship: A Playbook.
September 7, 2022
Washington DC; National Quality Forum and Anticoagulation Forum; 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-anticoagulation-stewardship-playbook
Warfarin and other anticoagulants are high-alert medications that, if errors occur in their use, can…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73378/psn-pdf
June 09, 2021 - Making Healthcare Safe: The Story of the Patient Safety
Movement.
June 9, 2021
Leape LL. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature; 2021. ISBN: 9783030711252.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-healthcare-safe-story-patient-safety-movement
The publication of “Error in Medicine” by Dr. Lucian Leape marked a pivotal step …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48170/psn-pdf
July 31, 2019 - Developing resilience to combat nurse burnout.
July 31, 2019
Quick Safety. July 15, 2019;(50):1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-resilience-combat-nurse-burnout
This newsletter article discusses nurse burnout and how to reduce conditions that contribute to the problem
. Recommendations focus on the role …