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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44617/psn-pdf
January 22, 2016 - Pediatric prehospital medication dosing errors: a mixed-
methods study.
January 22, 2016
Hoyle JD, Sleight D, Henry R, et al. Pediatric prehospital medication dosing errors: a mixed-methods study.
Prehosp Emerg Care. 2016;20(1):117-124. doi:10.3109/10903127.2015.1061625.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-preh…
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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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January 09, 2019 - System-related and cognitive errors in laboratory
medicine.
January 9, 2019
Plebani M. System-related and cognitive errors in laboratory medicine. Diagnosis (Berl). 2018;5(4):191-
196. doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0085.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-related-and-cognitive-errors-laboratory-medicine
Problems managing …
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December 21, 2016 - Accidental IV infusion of heparinized irrigation in the OR.
December 21, 2016
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 1, 2016;21:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accidental-iv-infusion-heparinized-irrigation-or
Accidental administration of irrigation solutions are a wrong-route error that can re…
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August 21, 2024 - A daily dose of communication to improve quality and
safety outcomes.
August 21, 2024
Halm MA. A daily dose of communication to improve quality and safety outcomes. Am J Crit Care.
2024;33(4):305-310. doi:10.4037/ajcc2024318.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/daily-dose-communication-improve-quality-and-safety-outcomes…
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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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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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February 27, 2019 - Medicine Safety: Take Care.
February 27, 2019
Lim R, Semple S, Ellett LK, Roughead L. Canberra, Australia: Pharmaceutical Society of Australia; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicine-safety-take-care
Analyzing the evidence on medication errors in Australia, this report estimates the incidence of acute care
ad…
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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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March 02, 2011 - Risk management: extreme honesty may be the best
policy.
March 2, 2011
Kraman SS, Hamm G. Risk management: extreme honesty may be the best policy. Ann Intern Med.
1999;131(12):963-967.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-management-extreme-honesty-may-be-best-policy
This article reviews a humanistic risk management…
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August 28, 2019 - ASHP guidelines on perioperative pharmacy services.
August 28, 2019
Bickham P, Golembiewski J, Meyer T, et al. ASHP guidelines on perioperative pharmacy services. Am J
Health Syst Pharm. 2019;76(12):903-820. doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxz073.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ashp-guidelines-perioperative-pharmacy-services
Pharm…
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February 25, 2015 - An overview of the use and implementation of checklists
in surgical specialities - a systematic review.
February 25, 2015
Patel J, Ahmed K, Guru KA, et al. An overview of the use and implementation of checklists in surgical
specialities - a systematic review. Int J Surg. 2014;12(12):1317-23. doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2014…
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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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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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July 16, 2019 - What's in a name? Newborn naming conventions and
wrong-patient errors.
July 16, 2019
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 25, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/whats-name-newborn-naming-conventions-and-wrong-patient-errors
Newborns assigned temporary names are at increased risk for patient misi…
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August 31, 2022 - Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence (U54
Clinical Trial Optional).
August 31, 2022
National Institutes of Health. August 11, 2022. RFA-HD-23-035.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/maternal-health-research-centers-excellence-u54-clinical-trial-optional
Maternity care is increasingly being recognized as …
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July 24, 2013 - Strategies for improving communication in the
emergency department: mediums and messages in a
noisy environment.
July 24, 2013
Welch SJ, Cheung DS, Apker J, et al. Strategies for improving communication in the emergency
department: mediums and messages in a noisy environment. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39(6)…
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September 30, 2015 - Never Events for Hospital Care in Canada: Safer Care for
Patients.
September 30, 2015
Toronto, ON: Health Quality Ontario and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute; September 2015. ISBN:
9781460666180.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/never-events-hospital-care-canada-safer-care-patients
The never events list was dev…
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February 09, 2022 - Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric
patients: a systematic review.
February 9, 2022
Procaccini D, Kim JM, Lobner K, et al. Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a
systematic review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022;48(3):154-164. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2021.12.005.
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January 01, 2020 - Surgical data recording technology: a solution to address
medical errors?
September 18, 2019
Shah NA, Jue J, Mackey T. Surgical Data Recording Technology. Ann Surg. 2020;271(3):431-433.
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