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•Device-related Complications (44)

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•Identification Errors (28)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (107)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (21)

•Medication Safety (347)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (145)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (233)

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•Allied Health Services (3)

•Medicine (477)

•Nursing (506)

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•Hospitals (573)

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•Ambulatory Care (37)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Scanner beep only means the barcode has been scanned.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 30, 2011;16:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Barcode technology flaws put some patients at risk.

US News & World Report. July 3, 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Manic for medication safety: bar codes and drug information databases are helping to reduce medication errors.

Rogoski RR. Health Manage Technol. February 2007;28:14, 16-18.

TOOLKIT

Looking Collectively at Risk.

Pathways for Medication Safety Tool #2. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; 2003.

COMMENTARY

Best-practice protocols: Preventing adverse drug events.

Weir VL. Nurs Manage. 2005;36:24-30.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Design for reliability: barcoded medication administration.

Hayden AC, Lanoue ET, Still CJ. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. July/August 2011;8:12-20.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:675-679.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Practitioners agree on medication reconciliation value, but frustration and difficulties abound.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 13, 2006;11:1-2.

STUDY

Bar-code technology for medication administration: medication errors and nurse satisfaction.

Fowler SB, Sohler P, Zarillo DF. MedSurg Nursing. 2009;18:103-110.

STUDY

Improving patient safety by identifying side effects from introducing bar coding in medication administration.

Patterson ES, Cook RI, Render ML. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2002;9:540-553.

STUDY

The impact of safety organizing, trusted leadership, and care pathways on reported medication errors in hospital nursing units.

Vogus TJ, Sutcliffe KM. Med Care. 2007;45:997-1002.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Medication safety issue brief. Bar code implementation strategies.

American Hospital Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Hospitals and Health Networks. Hosp Health Netw. July 2005;79:65-66.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

An extra dose of safety.

Health Manage Techol. April 2007;28:30-32, 34.

STUDY

Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a point-of-care medication administration system.

Stamp KD, Willis DG. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:231-239.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The 'second victims' of medication errors begin to gain support.

Blum K. Pharm Pract News. November 2011.

STUDY

Effects of an automatic drug dispensing system on medication adverse event occurrences and cost containment at SAMSO.

Dib JG, Abdulmohsin SA, Farooki MU, et al. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1180-1184.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The enterprise take on patient safety.

Rogoski RR. Health Manage Technol. August 2005;26:12,14,16,18.

STUDY

High rates of adverse drug events in a highly computerized hospital.

Nebeker JR, Hoffman JM, Weir CR, Bennett CL, Hurdle JF. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:1111-1116.

STUDY

Implementation of medication error reporting through Med Safe Tool: the clinical pharmacists and the inpatient nursing staff collaborative approach.

Elnour AA, Ellahham NH, Al Qassas HI. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:177-183.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Guidelines for timely medication administration: response to the CMS "30-minute rule."

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 13, 2011;16:1-4.

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