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COMMENTARY

Right? Left? Neither!

Howell EA, Chassin MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.

COMMENTARY

Getting to the Root of the Matter

Flanders SA, Saint S. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2005.

STUDY

Airway carts: a systems-based approach to airway safety.

Kane BG, Bond WF, Worrilow CC, Richardson DM, on behalf of the Lehigh Valley Hospital Airway Task Force. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:154-161.

STUDY

Medical error identification, disclosure, and reporting: do emergency medicine provider groups differ?

Hobgood C, Weiner B, Tamayo-Sarver JH. Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13:443-451.

STUDY

Unplanned transfers to a medical intensive care unit: causes and relationship to preventable errors in care.

Bapoje SR, Gaudiani JL, Narayanan V, Albert RK. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:68-72.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How to master the new art of training: teamwork on the fly.

Edmondson AC. Harv Bus Rev. April 2012;90:72-80.

STUDY

Design and trial of a new ambulance-to-emergency department handover protocol: 'IMIST-AMBO.'

Iedema R, Ball C, Daly B, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:627-633.

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.

REVIEW

Effects of rapid response systems on clinical outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ranji SR, Auerbach AD, Hurd CJ, O'Rourke K, Shojania KG. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:422-432.

STUDY

A multicentre observational study to evaluate a new tool to assess emergency physicians' non-technical skills.

Flowerdew L, Gaunt A, Spedding J, et al. Emerg Med J. 2012 Jun 15; [Epub ahead of print].

REVIEW

Teamwork and patient safety in dynamic domains of healthcare: a review of the literature.

Manser T. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2009;53:143-151.

REVIEW

Pediatric patient safety in the prehospital/emergency department setting.

Barata IA, Benjamin LS, Mace SE, Herman MI, Goldman RD. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007;23:412-418.

REVIEW

Identifying nontechnical skills associated with safety in the emergency department: a scoping review of the literature.

Flowerdew L, Brown R, Vincent C, Woloshynowych M. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:386-394.

STUDY

Emergency nursing and medical error—a survey of two states.

Hohenhaus SM. J Emerg Nurs. 2008;34:20-25.

STUDY

Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

MERIT study investigators. Lancet. 2005;365:2091-2097.

STUDY

Identification of root causes for emergency diagnostic imaging delays at three Canadian hospitals.

Worster A, Fernandes CM, Malcolmson C, Eva K, Simpson D. J Emerg Nurs. 2006;32:276-280.

STUDY

Communication during trauma resuscitation: do we know what is happening?

Bergs EA, Rutten FL, Tadros T, Krijnen P, Schipper IB. Injury. 2005;36:905-911.

COMMENTARY

Bedside shift report improves patient safety and nurse accountability.

Baker SJ. J Emerg Nurs. 2010;36:355-358.

STUDY

The effect of clinical history on accuracy of electrocardiograph interpretation among doctors working in emergency departments.

Cruz MF, Edwards J, Dinh DM, Barnes EH. Med J Aust. 2012;197:161-165.

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].

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