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•Device-related Complications (42)

•Diagnostic Errors (5)

•Identification Errors (26)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (92)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (21)

•Medication Safety (331)

•Medical Complications (78)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (17)

•Surgical Complications (80)

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•Psychological and Social Complications (27)

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•Asia (20)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (128)

•Active Errors (104)

•Latent Errors (51)

•Near Miss (19)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (205)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (174)

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•Human Factors Engineering (113)

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•Education and Training (167)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (3)

•Medicine (411)

•Nursing (500)

•Pharmacy (78)

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•Hospitals (516)

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•Residential Facilities (18)

•Ambulatory Care (37)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

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COMMENTARY

Pharmacy–nursing intervention to improve accuracy and completeness of medication histories.

Tessier EG, Henneman EA, Nathanson B, Plotkin K, Heelon M. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:607-611.

STUDY

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

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Barcode technology flaws put some patients at risk.

US News & World Report. July 3, 2008.

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.

STUDY

Adverse drug events in hospitalized cardiac patients.

Fanikos J, Cina JL, Baroletti S, Fiumara K, Matta L, Goldhaber SZ. Am J Cardiol. 2007;100:1465-1469.

COMMENTARY

Medication bar coding: to scan or not to scan?

Galvin L, McBeth S, Hasdorff C, Tillson M, Thomas S. Comput Inform Nurs. 2007;25:86-92.

STUDY

Strategic work-arounds to accommodate new technology: the case of smart pumps in hospital care.

McAlearney AS, Vrontos J Jr, Schneider PJ, Curran CR, Czerwinski BS, Pedersen CA. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:75-81.

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.

STUDY

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: dispensing and administration—2011.

Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ, Scheckelhoff DJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2012;69:768-785.

COMMENTARY

Implementing a safe and reliable process for medication administration.

Richardson B, Bromirski B, Hayden A. Clin Nurse Spec. 2012;26:169-176.

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

The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in hospital nursing units.

Vogus TJ, Sutcliffe KM. Med Care. 2007;45:46-54.

COMMENTARY

Improving safety throughout the medication use process in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Asdigha MN. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1067-1075.

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.

Kirkbride G, Vermace B. Nurs Adm Q. 2011;35:110-118.

STUDY

Nurses relate the contributing factors involved in medication errors.

Tang FI, Sheu SJ, Yu S, Wei IL, Chen CH. J Clin Nurs. 2007;16:447-457.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dose of technology helps Shands at UF avoid drug errors.

Chun D. Gainsville Sun. August 21, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Implementing AORN recommended practices for medication safety.

Hicks RW, Wanzer LJ, Denholm B. AORN J. 2012;96:605-622.

STUDY

No interruptions please: impact of a no interruption zone on medication safety in intensive care units.

Anthony K, Wiencek C, Bauer C, Daly B, Anthony MK. Crit Care Nurse. 2010;30:21-29.

REVIEW

Medication administration technologies and patient safety: a mixed-method systematic review.

Wulff K, Cummings GG, Marck P, Yurtseven O. J Adv Nurs. 2011;67:2080-2095.

COMMENTARY

CPOE: strategies for success.

Manor PJ. Nurs Manage. 2010;41:18-20.

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