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•Device-related Complications (11)

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•Medication Safety (104)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (82)

•Active Errors (49)

•Latent Errors (25)

•Near Miss (2)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (61)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (91)

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•Human Factors Engineering (46)

•Teamwork (29)

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•Technologic Approaches (84)

•Education and Training (63)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (1)

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•Medicine (218)

•Nursing (23)

•Pharmacy (32)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (244)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (264)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (148)

•Patients (2)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (156)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

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•Ambulatory Care (28)

•Outpatient Surgery (3)

•Patient Transport (3)

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REVIEW

Effects of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems on medication safety: a systematic review.

Kaushal R, Shojania KG, Bates DW. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:1409-1416.

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Do calculation errors by nurses cause medication errors in clinical practice? A literature review.

Wright K. Nurse Educ Today. 2010;30:85-97.

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The effect of electronic prescribing on medication errors and adverse drug events: a systematic review.

Ammenwerth E, Schnell-Inderst P, Machan C, Siebert U. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:585-600.

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Monitoring for medication errors in outpatient settings.

Balkrishnan R, Foss CE, Pawaskar M, Uhas AA, Feldman SR. J Dermatolog Treat. 2009;20:229-232.

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Computerized physician order entry in the critical care environment: a review of current literature.

Maslove DM, Rizk N, Lowe HJ. J Intensive Care Med. 2011;26:165-171.

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Patient safety in geriatrics: a call for action.

Tsilimingras D, Rosen AK, Berlowitz DR. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2003;58:M813-M819.

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Medication errors in paediatric care: a systematic review of epidemiology and an evaluation of evidence supporting reduction strategy recommendations.

Miller MR, Robinson KA, Lubomski LH, Rinke ML, Pronovost PJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:116-126.

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The effectiveness of integrated health information technologies across the phases of medication management: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

McKibbon KA, Lokker C, Handler SM, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:22-30.

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Systematic review of medication safety assessment methods.

Meyer-Massetti C, Cheng CM, Schwappach DL, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:227-240.

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Decision support and patient safety: the time has come.

Hasley SK. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:461-465.

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"Tech-check-tech": a review of the evidence on its safety and benefits.

Adams AJ, Martin SJ, Stolpe SF. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:1824-1833.

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Bar code technology and medication administration error.

Young J, Slebodnik M, Sands L. J Patient Saf. 2010;6;115-120.

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Epidemiology of medication-related adverse events in nursing homes.

Handler SM, Wright RM, Ruby CM, Hanlon JT. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:264-272.

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Enteral feeding misconnections: an update.

Guenter P, Hicks RW, Simmons D. Nutr Clin Pract. 2009;24:325-334.

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Prevention of 3 "never events" in the operating room: fires, gossypiboma, and wrong-site surgery.

Zahiri HR, Stromberg J, Skupsky H, et al. Surg Innov. 2011;18:55-60.

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Health literacy, medication errors, and health outcomes: is there a relationship?

Warner A, Menachemi N, Brooks RG. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:542-551.

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The effect of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription errors and clinical outcome in pediatric and intensive care: a systematic review.

van Rosse F, Maat B, Rademaker CMA, van Vught AJ, Egberts ACG, Bollen CW. Pediatrics. 2009;123:1184-1190.

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Adverse drug events in the elderly.

Cresswell KM, Fernando B, McKinstry B, Sheikh A. Br Med Bull. 2007;83:259-274.

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Improving safety in the operating room: a systematic literature review of retained surgical sponges.

Wan W, Le T, Riskin L, Macario A. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2009;22:207-214.

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Navigating the information technology highway: computer solutions to reduce errors and enhance patient safety.

Koshy R. Transfusion. 2005;45(suppl 4):189S-205S.

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