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281. Instituting vincristine minibag administration: an innovative strategy using simulation to enhance chemotherapy safety. | PSNet
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     April 24, 2018 - This commentary describes work at one hospital to improve the reliability of practice by designing and testing … November 16, 2022 Testing an intervention to improve health care worker well-being during

282. Human factors engineering: a tool for medical device evaluation in hospital procurement decision-making. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-factors-engineering-tool-medical-device-evaluation-hospital-procurement-decision-making
     June 28, 2017 - conducted a human factors evaluation of three infusion pumps, combining heuristic assessment and user testing … October 13, 2021 Development and testing of an objective structured clinical exam (OSCE

283. Implementation and evaluation of a laboratory safety process improvement toolkit. | PSNet
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     July 12, 2010 - This qualitative evaluation found that the AHRQ Improving Your Office Testing Process toolkit was perceived … August 3, 2022 When no news is bad news: improving diagnostic testing communication through

284. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33578/psn-pdf
     September 15, 2024 - Usability testing Human factors engineers test new systems and equipment under real-world conditions … One prominent example of the clinical applicability of  usability testing involves electronic health … Simulated clinical scenarios may be used to conduct  usability testing, as was performed in a  study … Usability testing  is also essential for identifying  workarounds—the consistent bypassing of policies

285. Improving Patient Safety in Laboratory Medicine. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - May 21, 2014 When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for … November 3, 2012 Quality indicators to detect pre-analytical errors in laboratory testing

286. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45902/psn-pdf
     October 13, 2018 - from the Office of the National Coordinator for electronic health records are less prescriptive about testing … are-informed-policies-place-promote-safe-and-usable-ehrs-cross-industry-comparison https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/technical-evaluation-testing-and-validation-usability-electronic-health-records-empirically

287. Test result communication in primary care: a survey of current practice. | PSNet
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     November 20, 2015 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Routine failures in the process for blood testing … May 22, 2019 Routine failures in the process for blood testing and the communication … November 16, 2015 Laboratory testing in general practice: a patient safety blind spot

288. Diagnostic errors and abnormal diagnostic tests lost to follow-up: a source of needless waste and delay to treatment. | PSNet
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     December 22, 2008 - October 20, 2010 Development and usability testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research … May 1, 2019 Improving Your Office Testing Process: A Step by Step Guide for Rapid-Cycle … December 30, 2014 When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach

289. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Safety of Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes | PSNet
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     April 10, 2024 - NHs were to have written protocols for testing, protocols for residents or staff that decline testing … Federal effort to expand Covid-19 testing in nursing homes hits snags. Wall Street Journal . … Interim Guidance for Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2. Accessed December 2021.  … Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Accessed December 2021. … Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Testing. Accessed June 2021. 

290. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838222/psn-pdf
     September 28, 2022 - great way to think about using an EHR is to create registries of patients with diabetes, who need testing … If I increase the testing and if I increase the number of visits I have with patients, that creates … The community had an understanding that testing to prevent colon cancer was important. … So, they changed the language from “colorectal cancer screening” to “testing to prevent colon cancer … Then there’s testing: How do we make sure that our patients get the right tests and don’t get unnecessary

291. Improving Papanicolaou test quality and reducing medical errors by using Toyota production system methods. | PSNet
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     April 08, 2008 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Dissemination of Lean methods to improve Pap testing … , 2019 Measuring the rate of manual transcription error in outpatient point-of-care testing … December 27, 2014 Point-of-care testing, medical error, and patient safety: a 2007 assessment

292. Patient safety and error reduction in surgical pathology. | PSNet
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     January 08, 2016 - , 2019 Measuring the rate of manual transcription error in outpatient point-of-care testing … October 7, 2011 Point-of-care testing, medical error, and patient safety: a 2007 assessment … September 30, 2011 Finding blunders in thyroid testing: experience in newborns.

293. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38010/psn-pdf
     August 27, 2008 - Pilot testing indicated that this tool successfully identified adverse outcomes that had not been reported … issue/trigger-tool-identify-adverse-events-intensive-care-unit https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-testing-and-findings-pediatric-focused-trigger-tool-identify-medication-related

294. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37992/psn-pdf
     August 20, 2008 - learning-different-lenses-reports-medical-errors-primary-care-clinicians-staff-and-patients https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/testing-process-errors-and-their-harms-and-consequences-reported-family-medicine-practices … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/testing-process-errors-and-their-harms-and-consequences-reported-family-medicine-practices

295. “This is the wrong patient's blood!”: Evaluating a Near-Miss Wrong Transfusion Event | PSNet
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     July 01, 2017 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing (except research-related … testing) performed on humans in the US through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) … members must be the person transfusing the blood. 5.14.1 If a discrepancy is identified in the ABO testing … of previously analyzed specimens, internal blind testing of samples, or external proficiency testing … Combining this standard practice with barcode scanning significantly reduces laboratory testing errors

296. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33641/psn-pdf
     November 01, 2006 - Applying the human factors engineering tool of usability testing would likely have illuminated these … Such testing would likely have revealed many steps of catheter removal with glitches related to design … Further formal testing would uncover the rate with which prospective patients would ignore what they … factors engineering mindset for the first time, or when he or she is exposed to the results of usability testing … The usability testing of the nasal medication delivery system would also offer up surprises.

297. Development and usability of a behavioural marking system for performance assessment of obstetrical teams. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-usability-behavioural-marking-system-performance-assessment-obstetrical-teams
     June 28, 2017 - While the tool requires further reliability and validity testing, early feedback suggested its usability … 2021 Accuracy of practitioner estimates of probability of diagnosis before and after testing

298. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49613/psn-pdf
     November 01, 2010 - Additional laboratory testing revealed that no infectious transmission had occurred, and no other objective … Was the medical testing associated with the error adequate? … Hepatitis C, while found in breast milk, is unlikely to be transmitted; therefore, testing is not required … also in found in breast milk, has little impact on healthy full-term or older infants, and routine testing … who should be notified of the error, and steps to be taken in the event that a donor mother refuses testing

299. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50931/psn-pdf
     February 26, 2020 - take many forms, many experts agree that effective diagnosticians are good at “iterative hypothesis testing … diagnoses.5   Systematic pressures in modern inpatient care may detract from using iterative hypothesis testing … unexplained hydropneumothorax in a systemically ill patient should prompt urgent evaluation by a surgeon and testing … Gathering accurate information, forming thoughtful differential diagnoses, and iteratively testing hypothetical … Teaching clinical medicine by iterative hypothesis testing. Let's preach what we practice. 

300. Overdiagnosis in primary care: framing the problem and finding solutions. | PSNet
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     November 01, 2017 - unneeded screenings, clarifying the definition of overdiagnosis, and adjusting cultural expectations for testing … 2019 Accuracy of practitioner estimates of probability of diagnosis before and after testing