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•Device-related Complications (75)

•Diagnostic Errors (88)

•Identification Errors (12)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (123)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (172)

•Medication Safety (257)

•Medical Complications (123)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (21)

•Surgical Complications (99)

•Transfusion Complications (2)

•Psychological and Social Complications (30)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (1)

•Asia (17)

•Australia and New Zealand (35)

•Central and South America (6)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (2)

•Journal Article (803)

•Legislation/Regulation (6)

•Meeting/Conference (1)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (68)

•Press Release/Announcement (8)

•Special or Theme Issue (13)

•Tools/Toolkit (6)

•Web Resource (9)

•Grant (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (284)

•Active Errors (274)

•Latent Errors (91)

•Near Miss (20)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (169)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (62)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (398)

•Communication Improvement (149)

•Human Factors Engineering (127)

•Teamwork (76)

•Specialization of Care (65)

•Logistical Approaches (229)

•Culture of Safety (90)

•Technologic Approaches (105)

•Education and Training (203)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (6)

•Medicine (754)

•Nursing (194)

•Pharmacy (65)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (761)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (717)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (287)

•Patients (40)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (722)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (7)

•Ambulatory Care (37)

•Outpatient Surgery (6)

•Patient Transport (9)

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STUDY

Extended work duration and the risk of self-reported percutaneous injuries in interns.

Ayas NT, Barger LK, Cade BE, et al. JAMA. 2006;296:1055-1062.

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Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units.

Landrigan CP, Rothschild JM, Cronin JW, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1838-1848.

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Effect of reducing interns' weekly work hours on sleep and attentional failures.

Lockley SW, Cronin JW, Evans EE, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1829-1837.

COMMENTARY

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident duty hour new standards: history, changes, and impact on staffing of intensive care units.

Pastores SM, O’Connor MF, Kleinpell RM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:2540-2549.

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Effects of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour limits on sleep, work hours, and safety.

Landrigan CP, Fahrenkopf AM, Lewin D, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122:250-258.

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Medication errors and adverse drug events in an intensive care unit: direct observation approach for detection.

Kopp BJ, Erstad BL, Allen ME, Theodorou AA, Priestley G. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:415-425.

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The working hours of hospital staff nurses and patient safety.

Rogers AE, Hwang WT, Scott LD, Aiken LH, Dinges DF. Health Aff (Millwood). 2004;23:202-212.

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Interns' compliance with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education work-hour limits.

Landrigan CP, Barger LK, Cade BE, Ayas NT, Czeisler CA. JAMA. 2006;296:1063-1070.

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Exploring error in team-based acute care scenarios: an observational study from the United Kingdom.

Tallentire VR, Smith SE, Skinner J, Cameron HS. Acad Med. 2012;87:792-798.

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Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys.

Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Helmreich RL. BMJ. 2000;320:745-749.

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Association of workload of on-call medical interns with on-call sleep duration, shift duration, and participation in educational activities.

Arora VM, Georgitis E, Siddique J, et al. JAMA. 2008;300:1146-1153.

COMMENTARY

Zebra in the intensive care unit: a metacognitive reflection on misdiagnosis.

Gillon SA, Radford ST. Crit Care Resusc. 2012;14:216-220.

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Effect of work-hours regulations on intensive care unit mortality in United States teaching hospitals.

Prasad M, Iwashyna TJ, Christie JD, et al. Crit Care Med. 2009;37:2564-2569.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Exhausted workforce increases the risk of errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert. June 2, 2005.

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Medication errors reported in a pediatric intensive care unit for oncologic patients.

Belela AS, Peterlini MA, Pedreira ML. Cancer Nurs. 2011;34:393-400.

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Development of the ICU safety reporting system.

Wu AW, Holzmueller CG, Lubomski LH, et al. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:23-32.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety and collaboration of the intensive care unit team.

Despins LA. Crit Care Nurse. April 2009;29:85-91.

STUDY

How long and how much are nurses now working?

Trinkoff A, Geiger-Brown J, Brady B, Lipscomb J, Muntaner C. Am J Nurs. April 2006;106:60-71.

STUDY

Residency work-hours reform: a cost analysis including preventable adverse events.

Nuckols TK, Escarce JJ. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20:873-878.

COMMENTARY

Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation.

Murray A, Pounder R. Mather H, Black DC. BMJ. 2005;330:1404.

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