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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/savage-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Potential patient impact
coded P=Wrong Patient; T=Wrong Time; R=Wrong Route; M=Wrong Medication (Drug … ); D=Wrong
Dose). … Frequent
checking of possible
locations
Infrequent T - Extra time
to administer
5 Order placed in wrong … Take medication
from code cart
Half of time (when
codes occur)
P,M,D,T,R -
Increased risk
of wrong … medication,
wrong dose
3 Medication not where
expected
R - Calls to
pharmacy
R - Call to Nurse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/studdert-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - focused on
recognized patient safety problems (e.g., retained foreign instruments after surgery,
wrong … failure of a planned action to be
completed as intended (i.e., error of execution) or the use of a wrong … may have been disinclined to credit the system’s findings
(or even pleased to conclude that it was wrong … In some cases (e.g., missed
breast cancer, wrong site surgery) these subanalyses involve use of data … Incidence, patterns,
and prevention of wrong-site surgery (accepted for publication: Surgery,
2005)
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-5.html
September 01, 2020 - task but erred only in the execution (e.g., forgetting a step in the preoperative process, marking the wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/dx-improvement/dxsafety-infographic.pdf
February 01, 2022 - communication failures
occur across all settings.4
Inpatient
22%
Outpatient
55%
Inappropriate testing, wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/innovative-use-pcr-091423.pdf
September 14, 2023 - developers made prototype changes
within and between sessions
Example
Prompts
“Where can things go wrong … “What have you done to keep
things from going wrong?” … can be very dangerous if he gets
too much… I’ve even caught medications that someone has
drawn up wrong … , or even medications that I’ve drawn up
wrong.”
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module_2-speaker-notes.docx
September 01, 2015 - Transporter: “Did I do something wrong?”
Nurse: “Not exactly. … In this scenario, the transporter didn’t understand what might happen because of wrong bag placement
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology8.html
April 01, 2025 - When things go wrong, they may speak not of errors, but rather mistakes, problems, mishaps, misunderstandings
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/lhs/lhs_case_studies_denver_health.pdf
April 01, 2019 - For example, asking what can be learned when something goes wrong led
to the development of a systemwide … this perceived problem, they
closely examined their data and
discovered that their assumption
was wrong … Rather than assuming
something was going wrong in surgery, they stepped back and looked at their patient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/healthitwebinar/sops-hit-webcast-keytakeaways.pdf
August 01, 2018 - information in their
EHR was inaccurate
32%
discovered that
information was entered
into the wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/155-performing-premortem-project-assessment.docx
October 01, 2024 - What could have gone wrong? … What could have gone wrong? Can you foresee staffing issues? Educational issues?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/109-performing-premortem-project-assessment-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - What could have gone wrong? … What could have gone wrong? Can you foresee staffing issues? Educational issues?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/karsh-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - treatment decision, and wrong diagnosis as causes of
errors. 13 Literature reviews found basically the … -Child with asthma exacerbation receives wrong med and dies. (Real
example: a pregnant woman at St. … -Patient has to call back to inquire about a medication error when doctor
writes wrong script. … , and
physician commits suicide.
9 Quit medicine -Physician administers wrong medication, patient dies … You intended to do the right
thing but did the wrong thing.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapo.html
April 01, 2018 - There are no right or wrong answers, and I will facilitate the group so that we'll have a chance to hear … There are no right or wrong answers, and I will facilitate the group so that we'll have a chance to hear
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/eliminate-diagnostic-errors.html
August 01, 2022 - follow a diagnostic error – a diagnosis that is either delayed, poorly communicated, or just plain wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/whento-order/urine-cultures-worksheet.docx
March 01, 2017 - What went wrong during this interaction between Nurse Nohai and Dr. Killbug?
2. What could Dr.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-tool6.html
May 01, 2014 - Scale in "wrong location?"
Draft BMI screening protocols.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/ridley-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Surgery performed on the wrong body part 8.2
B. Surgery performed on the wrong patient 1.4
C. … Wrong surgical procedure performed on a patient 0.9
D. … Infant discharged to wrong person 0.0
B. … Patient death or serious disability associated with a medication error (e.g., errors involving the wrong … drug, wrong dose, wrong
patient, wrong time, wrong rate, wrong preparation, or wrong route of administration
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/medical-office-diagnostic-safety-database-report-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - reporting
system that has a specific coded category to document
diagnostic errors such as missed, wrong … (Item DXC3, NA/DK/MI = 50%)
56
When a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis happens in this
office, … (Item DXC3) 56% 68% 49% 55%
When a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis happens in this office, we are … (Item DXC3) 54% 54% 45% 59% 74% 56%
When a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis happens in this office … (Item DXC3) 45% 58% 54%
When a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis happens in this office, we are informed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Kleinpeter.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-
procedure surgery
4. Target surgery
5. … Target surgery
The NPSGs goal to eliminate the wrong-site, wrong-patient, and wrong-
procedure was
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/impacts-gun-violence.html
March 01, 2023 - We owe it to each other to make our grief known and speak out about this wrong.