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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49689/psn-pdf
August 21, 2013 - Anesthesia: A Weighty Issue
August 21, 2013
Sinha AC. Anesthesia: A Weighty Issue. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/anesthesia-weighty-issue
The Case
A 77-year-old woman was evaluated preoperatively in anticipation of an elective left hip arthroplasty. She
reported having a history of hyperte…
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October 30, 2024 - Critical Radiology Alert Process
October 30, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/critical-radiology-alert-process
Summary
Vanderbilt University Medical Center developed an electronic trigger tool that alerts the care team of
unrelated abnormal findings and provides a companion follow-up process, with the goal o…
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December 15, 2024 - Opioid Safety
December 15, 2024
Opioid Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/opioid-safety
PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated by the UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team to ensure that
they reflect current research and practice in the patient safety field. Last reviewed in 2024.
Bac…
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March 15, 2025 - Alert Fatigue
Citation Text:
Alert Fatigue. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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December 01, 2005 - Introducing the Redesigned AHRQ Patient Safety Network
Robert M. Wachter, MD | November 1, 2015
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Citation Text:
Wachter R. Introducing the Redesigned AHRQ Patient Safety Network . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency f…
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December 18, 2024 - mitigated through UC Davis Health, Office
of Continuing Medical Education procedures to meet ACCME standards
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/laceration-needed-proper-exam-not-x-ray
November 25, 2020 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray
Citation Text:
Wander J, Barnes DK. A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2024.
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February 26, 2025 - In Conversation with...Brent C. James, MD, MStat
February 1, 2011
Citation Text:
In Conversation with..Brent C. James, MD, MStat. PSNet [internet]. 2011.In Conversation with...Brent C. James, MD, MStat. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Researc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unseen-perils-urinary-catheters
January 31, 2024 - Unseen Perils of Urinary Catheters
Citation Text:
Newman DK, Strauss R, Abraham L, et al. Unseen Perils of Urinary Catheters. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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July 10, 2024 - Missed Compartment Syndrome after Steep Lithotomy
Position for Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery
July 10, 2024
Bohringer C, Chavez G. Missed Compartment Syndrome after Steep Lithotomy Position for Laparoscopic
Gynecological Surgery. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-compartment-syndrome…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/difficult-encounters-cmo-and-cno-respond
March 01, 2018 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Difficult Encounters: A CMO and CNO Respond
Citation Text:
Ring EJ, Hirsch JE. Difficult Encounters: A CMO and CNO Respond. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2009.
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August 01, 2016 - In Conversation With… Bernardo Perea-Pérez, MD, DDS, PhD
August 1, 2016
Also Read an Essay
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Bernardo Perea-Pérez, MD, DDS, PhD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Heal…
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July 01, 2008 - What Was in Those Platelets?
July 1, 2008
Yomtovian R. What Was in Those Platelets? . PSNet [internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/what-was-those-platelets
The Case
A 47-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for complex spinal surgery. The surgery went well
without complications, and postoperativel…
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November 30, 2021 - Lack of Sepsis Recognition Leads to Delay in Care Following Cesarean Delivery.
Citation Text:
Leiserowitz GS, Hedriana H. Lack of Sepsis Recognition Leads to Delay in Care Following Cesarean Delivery.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49483/psn-pdf
June 01, 2005 - Getting to the Root of the Matter
June 1, 2005
Saint S, Flanders S. Getting to the Root of the Matter. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/getting-root-matter
Case Objectives
Appreciate the goals and limitations of root cause analysis
Outline the steps to conduct root cause analysis
The Case
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September 01, 2005 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Getting to the Root of the Matter
Citation Text:
Saint S, Flanders S. Getting to the Root of the Matter. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2005.
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January 29, 2021 - Always Check the Muscle Twitch: Residual Neuromuscular Block After Removal of a Gastric Balloon
Citation Text:
Bohringer C, Ashley S. Always Check the Muscle Twitch: Residual Neuromuscular Block After Removal of a Gastric Balloon. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/other-side
May 01, 2007 - The policies are a mixture of standardization and simplification of procedures, combined with additional
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inside-time-out
March 01, 2004 - the nurse, but was also told that the nursing staff would be establishing new guidelines to ensure standardization
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/customer-always-right
January 22, 2014 - February 18, 2011
Identification of inpatient DNR status: a safety hazard begging for standardization