AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (57)

•Diagnostic Errors (55)

•Identification Errors (53)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (195)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (50)

•Medication Safety (585)

•Medical Complications (192)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (37)

•Surgical Complications (180)

•Transfusion Complications (10)

•Psychological and Social Complications (58)

Origin/Sponsor

•Asia (39)

•Australia and New Zealand (47)

•Central and South America (5)

•Europe (153)

•North America (1329)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (587)

•Active Errors (253)

•Latent Errors (70)

•Near Miss (49)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (304)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (50)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (446)

•Communication Improvement (333)

•Human Factors Engineering (223)

•Teamwork (135)

•Specialization of Care (111)

•Logistical Approaches (208)

•Culture of Safety (173)

•Technologic Approaches (313)

•Education and Training (305)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (3)

•Medicine (1123)

•Nursing (353)

•Pharmacy (174)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (1161)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1463)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (593)

•Patients (11)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1155)

•Psychiatric Facilities (10)

•Residential Facilities (39)

•Ambulatory Care (122)

•Outpatient Surgery (9)

•Patient Transport (15)

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No interruptions please: impact of a no interruption zone on medication safety in intensive care units.

Anthony K, Wiencek C, Bauer C, Daly B, Anthony MK. Crit Care Nurse. 2010;30:21-29.

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Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of medication administration errors.

Westbrook JI, Woods A, Rob MI, Dunsmuir WTM, Day RO. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:683-690.

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Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a point-of-care medication administration system.

Stamp KD, Willis DG. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:231-239.

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Effects of technological interventions on the safety of a medication-use system.

Skibinski KA, White BA, Lin LI, Dong Y, Wu W. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:90-96.

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Nurses' satisfaction with medication administration point-of-care technology.

Hurley AC, Bane A, Fotakis S, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2007;37:343-349.

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Variations in nursing care quality across hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Adv Nurs. 2009;65:2299-2310.

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Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19:2185-2195.

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Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

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Bar code medication administration technology: characterization of high-alert medication triggers and clinician workarounds.

Miller DF, Fortier CR, Garrison KL. Ann Pharmacother. 2011;45:162-168.

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The content and context of change of shift report on medical and surgical units.

Staggers N, Jennings BM. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:393-398.

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Nurses relate the contributing factors involved in medication errors.

Tang FI, Sheu SJ, Yu S, Wei IL, Chen CH. J Clin Nurs. 2007;16:447-457.

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Empowering frontline nurses: a structured intervention enables nurses to improve medication administration accuracy.

Kliger J, Blegen MA, Gootee D, O'Neil E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:604-612.

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Hospital RNs' experiences with disruptive behavior: a qualitative study.

Walrath JM, Dang D, Nyberg D. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:105-116.

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The impact of type of manual medication cart filling method on the frequency of medication administration errors: a prospective before and after study.

Schimmel AM, Becker ML, van den Bout T, Taxis K, van den Bemt PM. Int J Nurs Stud. 2011;48:791-797.

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A relational leadership perspective on unit-level safety climate.

Thompson DN, Hoffman LA, Sereika SM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:479-487.

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Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience.

Westbrook JI, Rob MI, Woods A, Parry D. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:1027-1034.

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Nurses' perceptions of causes of medication errors and barriers to reporting.

Ulanimo VM, O'Leary-Kelley C, Connolly PM. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22:28-33.

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Characteristics of medication errors made by students during the administration phase: a descriptive study.

Wolf ZR, Hicks R, Serembus JF. J Prof Nurs. 2006;22:39-51.

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A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life.

Holden RJ, Scanlon MC, Patel NR, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:15-24.

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Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality.

Trinkoff AM, Johantgen M, Storr CL, Gurses AP, Liang Y, Han K. Nurs Res. 2011;60:1-8.

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