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  1. Are We Safer Today? | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - Sometimes, for example, during surgery the scalpel slips, and something gets cut that should not have … The safe surgery checklist is another example of an intervention that has clearly reduced risk, although … there is still a lot of risk associated with surgery. … April 26, 2023 View More See More About The Topic Outpatient Surgery

  2. In Conversation with David W. Bates about Are We Safer Today? | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - Sometimes, for example, during surgery the scalpel slips, and something gets cut that should not have … The safe surgery checklist is another example of an intervention that has clearly reduced risk, although … there is still a lot of risk associated with surgery. … December 14, 2022 View More See More About The Topic Outpatient Surgery

  3. In Conversation With… Enrico Coiera, MB, BS, PhD | PSNet

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    February 01, 2014 - The closest setting to the cockpit in health care is when we execute procedures like surgery or insert … Some people love to have background music while they're doing complex tasks like surgery and others want … So if you're doing surgery, which is visual and tactile, you have a free auditory channel. … Maybe in 10 years time listening to Bruce Springsteen while doing surgery will be like smoking.

  4. The Media: An Essential, If Sometimes Arbitrary, Promoter of Patient Safety | PSNet

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    October 01, 2009 - the wrong leg amputated University Community Hospital, Tampa, FL 1995 New focus on wrong-site surgery … the certifying arm for physician training programs, took steps to remove the accreditation for the surgery … Perspective The Evolution of Patient Safety in Surgery … Transparency, public reporting, and a culture of change to quality and safety in cardiac surgery

  5. Communication of medical product risk: how effective is effective enough? | PSNet

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    January 17, 2007 - January 28, 2009 Patient handover from surgery to intensive care: using Formula 1 pit-stop

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 15, 2025 - failing to order prophylaxis against deep venous thrombosis in a patient who underwent joint replacement surgery

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 15, 2025 - Physicians in high-stress specialties such as surgery, obstetrics, and cardiology are considered to be

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2004 - She was then taken to surgery. The woman recovered from her injuries.

  9. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)

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    July 01, 2004 - bleeding were excluded: Active internal bleeding Recent hemorrhagic stroke Intracranial or intraspinal surgery

  10. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    April 26, 2023 - Crisis scenarios for simulation-based nontechnical skills training for cardiac surgery … article describes the development of nontechnical, simulation-based crisis scenarios in cardiothoracic surgery

  11. Safety-relevant mode confusions—modelling and reducing them. | PSNet

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    April 28, 2021 - after implementing a rapid response system: a mortality review in a department of gastrointestinal surgery … May 5, 2021 Timeout procedure in paediatric surgery: effective tool or lip service?

  12. Organizational learning and patient safety: hospital pharmacy settings. | PSNet

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    September 23, 2020 - systems and teamwork approaches to enhance the effectiveness of safety improvement interventions in surgery … April 22, 2015 Minimizing Opioid Prescribing in Surgery (MOPiS) initiative: an analysis

  13. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    October 30, 2024 - revealed a significant epidural hematoma compressing his spinal cord from C3 to C7, prompting emergency surgery … He was later diagnosed with a large frontal subdural hematoma requiring urgent surgery.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 25, 2021 - After careful evaluation, the patient underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) pleurodesis … After surgery, the patient required about 2 liters/minute of oxygen by nasal cannula to prevent dyspnea

  15. Hard to Swallow | PSNet

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    April 26, 2023 - The Case An elderly man underwent hernia surgery. … The nurses noted that the patient, whose speech was normal before surgery, now had slurred speech and

  16. The Dropped "No" | PSNet

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    October 30, 2019 - They can lead to unnecessary invasive procedures, failure to administer needed treatments, or surgery … January 22, 2016 Patient handover from surgery to intensive care: using Formula 1 pit-stop

  17. CYP450 Drugs: Expect the Unexpected | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - These post-epidural events delayed his hip replacement surgery by several months. … See More About The Topic Ambulatory Care Health Care Providers Orthopedic Surgery

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2011 - Decision aids and breast cancer: do they influence choice for surgery and knowledge of treatment options … Involving patients in clinical decisions: impact of an interactive video program on use of back surgery

  19. Defensive Medicine: "Glowing" with Pain | PSNet

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    November 01, 2012 - specialists have closed their practices, stopped performing high-risk procedures (e.g., spine or neck surgery … How can physicians stem the tide of defensive medicine and practice medicine and surgery in a patient-centered

  20. Patient Safety Indicators | PSNet

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    June 15, 2024 - such as cardiac complications, postoperative pneumonia, intubations required within 48 hours after surgery … The Society of Thoracic Surgeons offers patient safety indicators for adult cardiac surgery, such as
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