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| 1. |  Commentary: Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. |
| | Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1401-1406. |
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| 2. | Multi-use Website: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. |
| | American College of Surgeons. |
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| 3. | Multi-use Website: Patient Safety Organizations. |
| | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. |
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| 4. | Government Resource: Partnership for Patients. |
| | Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services. |
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| 5. | Study: Intervention to reduce transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care. |
| | Huskins WC, Huckabee CM, O'Grady NP, et al; STAR*ICU Trial Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1407-1418. |
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| 6. | Review: "July Effect": impact of the academic year-end changeover on patient outcomes. A systematic review. |
| | Young JQ, Ranji SR, Wachter RM, Lee CM, Niehaus B, Auerbach AD. Ann Intern Med. 2011;155:309-315. |
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| 7. | Commentary: Advancing the science of patient safety. |
| | Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2011;154:693-696. |
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| 8. | Book/Report: Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety, 2nd Edition. |
| | Spath PL, ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2011. ISBN: 9780470502402. |
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| 9. | Study: The $17.1 billion problem: the annual cost of measurable medical errors. |
| | Van Den Bos J, Rustagi K, Gray T, Halford M, Ziemkiewicz E, Shreve J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:596-603. |
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| 10. | Study: 'Global Trigger Tool' shows that adverse events in hospitals may be ten times greater than previously measured. |
| | Classen DC, Resar R, Griffin F, et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:581-589. |
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| 11. | Study: Nurse staffing and inpatient hospital mortality. |
| | Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Pankratz VS, Leibson CL, Stevens SR, Harris M. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1037-1045. |
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| 12. | Book/Report: Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report. |
| | Sorra J, Famolaro T, Dyer N, Khanna K, Nelson D. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0030. |
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| 13. | Study: The effect of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection on in-hospital mortality. |
| | Oake N, Taljaard M, van Walraven C, Wilson K, Roth V, Forster AJ. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1804-1810. |
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| 14. | Commentary: Case 34-2010: a 65-year-old woman with an incorrect operation on the left hand. |
| | Ring DC, Herndon JH, Meyer GS. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1950-1957. |
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| 15. | Study: Effect of a comprehensive surgical safety system on patient outcomes. |
| | de Vries EN, Prins HA, Crolla RM, et al; SURPASS Collaborative Group. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1928-1937. |
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| 16. | Book/Report: Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries. |
| | Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; November 2010. Report No. OEI-06-09-00090. |
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| 17. | Study: Temporal trends in rates of patient harm resulting from medical care. |
| | Landrigan CP, Parry GJ, Bones CB, Hackbarth AD, Goldmann DA, Sharek PJ. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:2124-2134. |
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| 18. | Study: Evaluation of consistency in dosing directions and measuring devices for pediatric nonprescription liquid medications. |
| | Yin HS, Wolf MS, Dreyer BP, Sanders LM, Parker RM. JAMA. 2010;304:2595-2602. |
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| 19. | Study: Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. |
| | Dykes PC, Carroll DL, Hurley A, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1912-1918. |
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| 20. | Study: Association between implementation of a medical team training program and surgical mortality. |
| | Neily J, Mills PD, Young-Xu Y, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1693-1700. |
