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ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINESclassic
A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals.
Yokoe DS, Mermel LA, Anderson DJ, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008;29:901-994.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Medical device alarm safety in hospitals.
Sentinel Event Alert. April 8, 2013;(50):1-3.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Delivery of optimized inpatient anticoagulation therapy: consensus statement from the Anticoagulation Forum.
Nutescu EA, Wittkowsky AK, Burnett A, Merli GJ, Ansell JE, Garcia DA. Ann Pharmacother. 2013;47:714-724.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Enhancing patient safety and quality of care by improving the usability of electronic health record systems: recommendations from AMIA.
Middleton B, Bloomrosen M, Dente MA, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20:e2-e8.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Safe use of opioids in hospitals.
Sentinel Event Alert. August 8, 2012;(49):1-5.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Health care worker fatigue and patient safety.
Sentinel Event Alert. December 14, 2011;(48):1-4.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Radiation risks of diagnostic imaging.
Sentinel Event Alert #47. August 24, 2011.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Principles of pediatric patient safety: reducing harm due to medical care.
Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management and Committee on Hospital Care. Pediatrics. 2011;127:1199–1210.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
A follow-up report on preventing suicide: focus on medical/surgical units and the emergency department.
Sentinel Event Alert. 2010 Nov 17;(46):1-4.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Preventing maternal death.
Sentinel Event Alert. January 26, 2010;(44):1-4.
FEDERAL LEGISLATIONclassic
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.
Pub L No. 109-41.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Preventing violence in the health care setting.
Sentinel Event Alert. June 3, 2010;(45):1-3.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Leadership committed to safety.
Sentinel Event Alert. August 27, 2009;(43):1-3.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Safely implementing health information and converging technologies.
Sentinel Event Alert. December 11, 2008;(42):1-4.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Preventing errors relating to commonly used anticoagulants.
Sentinel Event Alert. September 24, 2008;(41):1-4.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Behaviors that undermine a culture of safety.
Sentinel Event Alert. July 9, 2008;(40):1-3.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Preventing accidents and injuries in the MRI suite.
Sentinel Event Alert. February 14, 2008;(38):1-3.  
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Preventing pediatric medication errors.
Sentinel Event Alert. April 11, 2008;(39):1-5. 
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
ASHP Policy Positions, Statements, and Guidelines.
Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
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