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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (150)

•Diagnostic Errors (128)

•Identification Errors (117)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (393)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (115)

•Medication Safety (903)

•Medical Complications (454)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (66)

•Surgical Complications (728)

•Transfusion Complications (14)

•Psychological and Social Complications (163)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (5)

•Asia (31)

•Australia and New Zealand (61)

•Central and South America (3)

•Europe (295)

•North America (3522)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (7)

•Journal Article (2423)

•Legislation/Regulation (65)

•Meeting/Conference (30)

•Newsletter/Journal (12)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (687)

•Press Release/Announcement (23)

•Special or Theme Issue (63)

•Tools/Toolkit (75)

•Web Resource (131)

•Grant (8)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (679)

•Active Errors (452)

•Latent Errors (241)

•Near Miss (53)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (991)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (650)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1146)

•Communication Improvement (904)

•Human Factors Engineering (473)

•Teamwork (327)

•Specialization of Care (253)

•Logistical Approaches (293)

•Culture of Safety (632)

•Technologic Approaches (615)

•Education and Training (771)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (9)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2427)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (3022)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1562)

•Patients (697)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2857)

•Psychiatric Facilities (13)

•Residential Facilities (51)

•Ambulatory Care (247)

•Outpatient Surgery (63)

•Patient Transport (11)

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BOOK/REPORT

MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality 2010 Annual Report.

Lansing, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association; October 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Saving lives: hospitals have signed on to a six-part plan to avoid a multitude of unnecessary deaths.

Comarow A. US News & World Report. July 18, 2005;139:74,76,79.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

STUDY

Surgical training, duty-hour restrictions, and implications for meeting the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education core competencies: views of surgical interns compared with program directors.

Antiel RM, Van Arendonk KJ, Reed DA, et al. Arch Surg. 2012;147:536-541.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.

Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.

STUDY

The impact of medical errors on ninety-day costs and outcomes: an examination of surgical patients.

Encinosa WE, Hellinger FJ. Health Serv Res. 2008;43:2067-2085.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Avoidable mistakes rise despite hospital efforts.

Colliver V. San Francisco Chronicle. June 2, 2010;A1.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.

COMMENTARY

Resident duty hours in surgery for ensuring patient safety, providing optimum resident education and training, and promoting resident well-being: a response from the American College of Surgeons to the Report of the Institute of Medicine, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety."

Britt LD, Sachdeva AK, Healy GB, Whalen TV, Blair PG; Members of the ACS Task Force on Resident Duty Hours. Surgery. 2009;146:398-409.

STUDY

Association between Leapfrog safe practices score and hospital mortality in major surgery.

Qian F, Lustik SJ, Diachun CA, Wissler RN, Zollo RA, Glance LG. Med Care. 2011;49:1082-1088.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Plan aims to cut hospital deaths.

Appleby J. USA Today. June 6, 2005.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

Bernhard B. The Orange County Register. April 19, 2006.

AUDIOVISUAL

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.

Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2010.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals to tear up bills for medical mistakes.

Ostrom CM. Seattle Times. January 29, 2008;News section:A1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Minnesota is first state with policy to stop billing after medical errors.

Lerner M. Star Tribune. September 18, 2007;News section:5B.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Safe Surgery 2015.

Harvard School of Public Health.

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