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•Device-related Complications (162)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (429)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (100)

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•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (106)

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•Psychological and Social Complications (135)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (1070)

•Active Errors (706)

•Latent Errors (245)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (929)

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•Communication Improvement (976)

•Human Factors Engineering (515)

•Teamwork (322)

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•Culture of Safety (440)

•Technologic Approaches (620)

•Education and Training (730)

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•Allied Health Services (12)

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Setting of Care

•Psychiatric Facilities (14)

•Residential Facilities (69)

•Ambulatory Care (397)

•Outpatient Surgery (51)

•Patient Transport (33)

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BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.

Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.

COMMENTARY

Unintended transplantation of three organs from an HIV-positive donor: report of the analysis of an adverse event in a regional health care service in Italy.

Bellandi T, Albolino S, Tartaglia R, Filipponi F. Transplant Proc. 2010;42:2187-2189.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Ambulatory surgery facilities: a comprehensive review of medication error reports in Pennsylvania.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2011;8:85-93.

COMMENTARY

Case study: preventing surgical complications at Baystate Medical Center.

Fitzgerald J, Kanter G, Benjamin E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:666-671.

STUDY

Patient characteristics and the occurrence of never events.

Fry DE, Pine M, Jones BL, Meimban RJ. Arch Surg. 2010;145:148-151.

STUDY

Safety on an inpatient pediatric otolaryngology service: many small errors, few adverse events.

Shah RK, Lander L, Forbes P, Jenkins K, Healy GB, Roberson DW. Laryngoscope. 2009;119:871-879.

STUDY

Saving lives by studying deaths: using standardized mortality reviews to improve inpatient safety.

Lau H, Litman KC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:400-408.

STUDY

Trends in central line–associated bloodstream infections in a trauma-surgical intensive care unit.

Ong A, Dysert K, Herbert C, et al. Arch Surg. 2011;146:302-307.

REVIEW

Nonhospital health care–associated hepatitis B and C virus transmission: United States, 1998-2008.

Thompson ND, Perz JF, Moorman AC, Holmberg SD. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:33-39.

REVIEW

Patient safety in dermatology: a review of the literature.

Cao LY, Taylor JS, Vidimos A. Dermatol Online J. 2010;16:3.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Safe Site Invasive Procedure—Non-Operating Room.

Bloomington, MN: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; 2010.

STUDY

Consistency between coded poison center data and fatality abstract narratives for therapeutic error deaths in older adults.

Hayes BD, Klein-Schwartz W. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010;48:68-71.

REVIEW

Avoiding wrong site surgery: a systematic review.

DeVine J, Chutkan N, Norvell DC, Dettori JR. Spine. 2010;35(suppl 9):S28-S36.

STUDY

The 80-hour work guidelines and resident survey perceptions of quality.

Biller CK, Antonacci AC, Pelletier S, et al. J Surg Res. 2006;135:275-281.

STUDY

Surgical specimen identification errors: a new measure of quality in surgical care.

Makary MA, Epstein J, Pronovost PJ, Millman EA, Hartmann EC, Freischlag JA. Surgery. 2007;141:450-455.

COMMENTARY

Using medical malpractice closed claims data to reduce surgical risk and improve patient safety.

Manuel BM, Greenwald LM. Bull Am Coll Surg. March 2007;92:27-30.

STUDY

Medication error reporting in nursing homes: identifying targets for patient safety improvement.

Greene SB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Hansen RA, Carey TS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:218-222.

STUDY

Characteristics of medication errors and adverse drug events in hospitals participating in the California Pediatric Patient Safety Initiative.

Takata GS, Taketomo CK, Waite S; for the California Pediatric Patient Safety Initiative. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:2036-2044.

STUDY

The American College of Surgeons' closed claims study: new insights for improving care.

Griffen FD, Stephens LS, Alexander JB, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204:561-569.

BOOK/REPORT

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

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

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