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•Device-related Complications (82)

•Diagnostic Errors (155)

•Identification Errors (61)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (430)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (42)

•Medication Safety (700)

•Medical Complications (261)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (36)

•Surgical Complications (209)

•Transfusion Complications (12)

•Psychological and Social Complications (76)

Origin/Sponsor

•Australia and New Zealand (97)

•Central and South America (5)

•Europe (370)

•North America (1601)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (16)

•Bibliography (2)

•Book/Report (172)

•Clinical Guideline (2)

•Journal Article (1479)

•Legislation/Regulation (28)

•Meeting/Conference (29)

•Newsletter/Journal (8)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (205)

•Press Release/Announcement (22)

•Special or Theme Issue (61)

•Tools/Toolkit (36)

•Web Resource (80)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (499)

•Active Errors (316)

•Latent Errors (141)

•Near Miss (40)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (610)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (277)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (702)

•Communication Improvement (670)

•Human Factors Engineering (251)

•Teamwork (327)

•Specialization of Care (196)

•Logistical Approaches (138)

•Culture of Safety (360)

•Technologic Approaches (394)

•Education and Training (393)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (11)

•Medicine (1436)

•Nursing (97)

•Pharmacy (212)

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Health Care Executives and Administrators

•Facility and Group Administrators (113)

•Nurse Managers (54)

•Risk Managers (148)

•Quality and Safety Professionals (637)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1369)

•Psychiatric Facilities (15)

•Residential Facilities (49)

•Ambulatory Care (194)

•Outpatient Surgery (23)

•Patient Transport (33)

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COMMENTARY

Do Not Disturb!

Duffy FD, Cassel CK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2007.

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].

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Inquiry into reporter's death finds multiple failures in care.

Stout D. New York Times. June 17, 2006;National desk:9.

COMMENTARY

On the Other Hand

Henneman EA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2007.

COMMENTARY

All in the History

Fee C. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February/March 2009.

STUDY

Diagnostic accuracy of emergency nurse practitioners versus physicians related to minor illnesses and injuries.

van der Linden C, Reijnen R, de Vos R. J Emerg Nurs. 2010;36:311-316.

STUDY

The association between transfer of emergency department boarders to inpatient hallways and mortality: a 4-year experience.

Viccellio A, Santora C, Singer AJ, Thode HC Jr, Henry MC. Ann Emerg Med. 2009;54:511-513.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Safety in EMS.

Brice JH, Patterson PD, eds. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:1-108.

COMMENTARY

Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Leads to Fatal Error.

Bellini LM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

STUDY

Communication errors in dispatch of air medical transport.

Vilensky D, Macdonald RD. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2011;15:39-43.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety Papers 6.

Baker GR, ed. Healthc Q. 2012;15:1-72.

STUDY

Pediatric adverse drug events in the outpatient setting: an 11-year national analysis.

Bourgeois FT, Mandl KD, Valim C, Shannon MW. Pediatrics. 2009;124:e744-e750.

STUDY

'The ABC of Handover': impact on shift handover in the emergency department.

Farhan M, Brown R, Vincent C, Woloshynowych M. Emerg Med J. 2012;29:947-953.

COMMENTARY

Information technology cannot guarantee patient safety.

de Wildt SN, Verzijden R, van den Anker JN, de Hoog M. BMJ. 2007;334:851-852.

REVIEW

Patient safety in emergency medical services: a systematic review of the literature.

Bigham BL, Buick JE, Brooks SC, Morrison M, Shojania KG, Morrison LJ. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:20-35.

REVIEW

Clinical handover of patients arriving by ambulance to the emergency department: a literature review.

Bost N, Crilly J, Wallis M, Patterson E, Chaboyer W. Int Emerg Nurs. 2010;18:210-220.

STUDY

The relationship between patient safety culture and the implementation of organizational patient safety defences at emergency departments.

van Noord I, de Bruijne MC, Twisk JWR. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22:162-169.

STUDY

classic

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

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

COMMENTARY

Improving handoffs in the emergency department.

Cheung DS, Kelly JJ, Beach C, et al; American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:171-180.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survive your doctor.

Holt TE. Men's Health. November 3, 2006.

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