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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39298/psn-pdf
June 11, 2010 - Medication error reporting in nursing homes: identifying
targets for patient safety improvement.
June 11, 2010
Greene SB, Williams CE, Pierson S, et al. Medication error reporting in nursing homes: identifying targets
for patient safety improvement. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(3):218-22. doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.031…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47002/psn-pdf
April 25, 2018 - Making Health Care Safer in Ambulatory Care Settings
and Long Term Care Facilities (R18).
April 25, 2018
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 10, 2018. PA-18-750.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-health-care-safer-ambulatory-care-settings-and-long-term-care-
facilities-r18
Research …
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October 21, 2015 - Heparin-containing medical devices and combination
products: recommendations for labeling and safety
testing. Draft guidance for industry and Food and Drug
Administration staff.
October 21, 2015
Federal Register. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services. Baltimore, MD: Food
and Drug Administrati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35138/psn-pdf
July 10, 2008 - Adverse drug event surveillance and drug withdrawals in
the United States, 1969-2002.
July 10, 2008
Wysowski DK, Swartz L. Adverse drug event surveillance and drug withdrawals in the United States, 1969-
2002: the importance of reporting suspected reactions. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(12):1363-9.
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May 17, 2017 - Medicare failed to investigate suspicious infection cases
from 96 hospitals.
May 17, 2017
Jewett C. Kaiser Health News. May 9, 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-failed-investigate-suspicious-infection-cases-96-hospitals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services decision to withhold payment for certa…
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September 26, 2018 - The Psychiatry Morbidity and Mortality Incident Reporting
Tool increases psychiatrist participation in reporting
adverse events.
September 26, 2018
Kroll DS, Shellman AD, Gitlin DF. The Psychiatry Morbidity and Mortality Incident Reporting Tool Increases
Psychiatrist Participation in Reporting Adverse Events. J Pa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47426/psn-pdf
October 13, 2018 - Patient-centered insights: using health care complaints to
reveal hot spots and blind spots in quality and safety.
October 13, 2018
Gillespie A, Reader TW. Patient-Centered Insights: Using Health Care Complaints to Reveal Hot Spots and
Blind Spots in Quality and Safety. Milbank Q. 2018;96(3):530-567. doi:10.1111/14…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45743/psn-pdf
June 21, 2017 - Strategies for improving the value of the radiology report:
a retrospective analysis of errors in formally over-read
studies.
June 21, 2017
Kabadi SJ, Krishnaraj A. Strategies for improving the value of the radiology report: a retrospective analysis
of errors in formally over-read studies. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017;1…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45768/psn-pdf
July 02, 2017 - What patients' complaints and praise tell the health
practitioner: implications for health care quality. A
qualitative research study.
July 2, 2017
Mattarozzi K, Sfrisi F, Caniglia F, et al. What patients' complaints and praise tell the health practitioner:
implications for health care quality. A qualitative resea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43255/psn-pdf
June 18, 2014 - Characterisations of adverse events detected in a
university hospital: a 4-year study using the Global
Trigger Tool method.
June 18, 2014
Rutberg H, Risberg MB, Sjödahl R, et al. Characterisations of adverse events detected in a university
hospital: a 4-year study using the Global Trigger Tool method. BMJ Open. 20…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45130/psn-pdf
July 18, 2018 - Surgical fires: decreasing incidence relies on continued
prevention efforts.
July 18, 2018
Bruley ME, Arnold TV, Finley E, Deutsch ES, Treadwell JR. PA-PSRS Pa Patient Saf Advis. June 2018;15.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-fires-decreasing-incidence-relies-continued-prevention-efforts
Although surgical fir…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44020/psn-pdf
March 25, 2015 - Wrong-site orthopedic operations on the extremities: the
Pennsylvania experience.
March 25, 2015
Clarke JR. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. 2015;12:19-27.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wrong-site-orthopedic-operations-extremities-pennsylvania-experience
Wrong-site surgeries are considered never events by the National Qu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45767/psn-pdf
April 17, 2017 - Medication errors attributed to health information
technology.
April 17, 2017
Lawes S, Grissinger M. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2017;14:1-8.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-attributed-health-information-technology
The unintended consequences associated with health information technologies for …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45218/psn-pdf
June 15, 2016 - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005--HHS
guidance regarding patient safety work product and
providers' external obligations.
June 15, 2016
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Fed Regist. 2016;81(100);32655-32660.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-quality-improvement-act-2005-hh…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35220/psn-pdf
May 14, 2015 - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.
May 14, 2015
Pub L No. 109-41.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-quality-improvement-act-2005
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to encourage a culture of safety in health care organizations.
The bill, signed into law July 29, 2005…
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July 20, 2022 - Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic
prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
and the COVID-19 Pandemic.
July 20, 2022
Keller SC, Caballero TM, Tamma PD, et al. Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic prescribing
during the Agen…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47680/psn-pdf
January 16, 2019 - Perioperative medication errors: uncovering risk from
behind the drapes.
January 16, 2019
Cierniak KH, Gaunt MJ, Grissinger M. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. 2018;15(4):1-17.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perioperative-medication-errors-uncovering-risk-behind-drapes
The operating room environment harbors particular pat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37992/psn-pdf
August 20, 2008 - Medication errors reported by US family physicians and
their office staff.
August 20, 2008
Kuo GM, Phillips RL, Graham D, et al. Medication errors reported by US family physicians and their office
staff. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2008;17(4). doi:10.1136/qshc.2007.024869.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medic…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45400/psn-pdf
August 10, 2016 - ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program: one in
three vaccine errors associated with age-related factors.
August 10, 2016
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 28, 2016;21:1-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-national-vaccine-errors-reporting-program-one-three-vaccine-errors-
associated-a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37585/psn-pdf
April 29, 2010 - Medication errors involving patient-controlled analgesia.
April 29, 2010
Hicks RW, Sikirica V, Nelson W, et al. Medication errors involving patient-controlled analgesia. Am J Health
Syst Pharm. 2008;65(5):429-40. doi:10.2146/ajhp070194.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-involving-patient-controlled-a…