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COMMENTARY

Dangerous Shift

Patterson ES. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2008.

COMMENTARY

On the Other Hand

Henneman EA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2007.

COMMENTARY

All in the History

Fee C. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February/March 2009.

REVIEW

The high-reliability pediatric intensive care unit.

Niedner MF, Muething SE, Sutcliffe KM. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2013;60:563-580.

STUDY

Automated drug dispensing system reduces medication errors in an intensive care setting.

Chapuis C, Roustit M, Bal G, et al. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:2275-2281.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Serious medication errors from intravenous administration of nimodipine oral capsules.

MedWatch Safety Alert, FDA Drug Safety Communication. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; August 2, 2010.

STUDY

Burns surgery handover study: trainees' assessment of current practice in the British Isles.

Al-Benna S, Al-Ajam Y, Alzoubaidi D. Burns. 2009;35:509-512.

STUDY

Competence and certification of registered nurses and safety of patients in intensive care units.

Kendall-Gallagher D, Blegen MA. Am J Crit Care. 2009;18:106-113.

STUDY

Errors in administration of parenteral drugs in intensive care units: multinational prospective study.

Valentin A, Capuzzo M, Guidet B, et al; Research Group on Quality Improvement of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM); Sentinel Events Evaluation (SEE) Study Investigators. BMJ. 2009;338:b814.

STUDY

Computerized order entry with limited decision support to prevent prescription errors in a PICU.

Kadmon G, Bron-Harlev E, Nahum E, Schiller O, Haski G, Shonfeld T. Pediatrics. 2009;124:945-950.

COMMENTARY

Where’s the Feeding Tube?

Metheny MA., Meert KL, AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Too many abandon the "second victims" of medical errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 14, 2011;16:1-3.

STUDY

NICU medication errors: identifying a risk profile for medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Stavroudis TA, Shore AD, Morlock L, Hicks RW, Bundy D, Miller MR. J Perinatol. 2010;30:459-468.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A hospital races to learn lessons of Ferrari pit stop.

Naik G. Wall Street Journal. November 14, 2006:A1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

STUDY

Comparing errors in ED computer-assisted vs conventional pediatric drug dosing and administration.

Yamamoto L, Kanemori J. Am J Emerg Med. 2010;28:588-592.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Another tragic parenteral nutrition compounding error.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 21, 2011;16:1-3.

STUDY

Assessing system failures in operating rooms and intensive care units.

van Beuzekom M, Akerboom SP, Boer F. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:45-50.

STUDY

Impact of computerized orders for pediatric continuous drug infusions on detecting infusion pump programming errors: a simulated study.

Sowan AK, Gaffoor MI, Soeken K, Johantgen ME, Vaidya VU. J Pediatr Nurs. 2010;25:108-118.

COMMENTARY

Code Status Confusion.

Lo B, Tulsky JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2003.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dennis Quaid's Quest.

Grant M. AARP The Magazine. September/October 2010;53:48-51,90-91.

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