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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Approved: no new National Patient Safety Goals, only minor revisions for 2011.

Jt Comm Perspect. August 2010;30:6-7.

BOOK/REPORT

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Ninth Annual Public Report.

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2013.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving Communication During Transitions of Care.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2010. ISBN: 9781599404097.

COMMENTARY

Global priorities for patient safety research.

Bates DW, Larizgoitia I, Prasopa-Plaizier N, Jha AK; Research Priority Setting Working Group of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety. BMJ. 2009;338:b1775.

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATION

Prohibition of Excessive Overtime for Nurses Act.

The General Assembly of Pennsylvania. HB957 (2005).

BOOK/REPORT

Safety in Doses.

London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency; 2009. ISBN: 9781906624088.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Learning from the best.

Grantham D. Behav Healthc. April 2010;30:22-24.

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

Patient Safety: Supporting a Culture of Continuous Quality Improvement in Hospitals and Other Health Care Organizations.

Testimony before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee of Governmental Affairs, 108th Cong, 1st Sess (June 11, 2003) (statement of Carolyn M. Clancy, MD).

REVIEW

Medication errors in mental healthcare: a systematic review.

Maidment ID, Lelliott P, Paton C. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:409-413.

STUDY

Applying Toyota Production System principles to a psychiatric hospital: making transfers safer and more timely.

Young JQ, Wachter RM. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:439-448.

STUDY

Medication safety in a psychiatric hospital.

Rothschild JM, Mann K, Keohane CA, et al. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2007;29:156-162.

COMMENTARY

Code Blue—Where To?

Adams BD. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2007.