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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (90)

•Diagnostic Errors (73)

•Identification Errors (57)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (247)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (62)

•Medication Safety (639)

•Medical Complications (278)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (49)

•Surgical Complications (212)

•Transfusion Complications (8)

•Psychological and Social Complications (96)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (4)

•Asia (38)

•Australia and New Zealand (95)

•Central and South America (4)

•Europe (334)

•North America (1767)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (1558)

•Legislation/Regulation (31)

•Meeting/Conference (33)

•Newsletter/Journal (10)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (204)

•Press Release/Announcement (30)

•Special or Theme Issue (68)

•Tools/Toolkit (35)

•Web Resource (91)

•Grant (13)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (416)

•Active Errors (269)

•Latent Errors (136)

•Near Miss (42)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (631)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (285)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (623)

•Communication Improvement (606)

•Human Factors Engineering (290)

•Teamwork (391)

•Specialization of Care (164)

•Logistical Approaches (189)

•Culture of Safety (435)

•Technologic Approaches (385)

•Education and Training (720)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (15)

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Health Care Executives and Administrators

•Facility and Group Administrators (66)

•Nurse Managers (197)

•Risk Managers (121)

•Quality and Safety Professionals (643)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1357)

•Psychiatric Facilities (12)

•Residential Facilities (50)

•Ambulatory Care (174)

•Outpatient Surgery (21)

•Patient Transport (18)

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SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

The safety and quality of health care: where are we now?

Med J Aust. 2006;184:S37-S72.

STUDY

Near misses: paradoxical realities in everyday clinical practice.

Jeffs L, Affonso DD, Macmillan K. Int J Nurs Pract. 2008;14:486-494.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Reducing patient harm from opiates.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 22, 2007;12:1-3.

COMMENTARY

The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety

Gibson R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

DATABASE/DIRECTORY

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2011.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality and Safety in Medicine.

Nash DB, Goldfarb NI, Patow C, eds. Acad Med. 2009;84:1641-1846.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. 2012.

COMMENTARY

Failure to Report

Spath PL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety Papers 6.

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

REVIEW

Diagnostic errors and reflective practice in medicine.

Mamede S, Schmidt HG, Rikers R. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007;13:138-145.

COMMENTARY

Description and evaluation of an interprofessional patient safety course for health professions and related sciences students.

Galt KA, Paschal KA, O'Brien RL, et al. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:207-216.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.

AUDIOVISUAL

The Next Wave of Reform for Medical Education.

WIHI. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. March 31, 2010.

STUDY

Burns surgery handover study: trainees' assessment of current practice in the British Isles.

Al-Benna S, Al-Ajam Y, Alzoubaidi D. Burns. 2009;35:509-512.

COMMENTARY

The Canadian interprofessional patient safety competencies: their role in health-care professionals' education.

King J, Anderson CM. J Patient Saf. 2012;8:30-35.

COMMENTARY

Transfer of accountability: transforming shift handover to enhance patient safety.

Alvarado K, Lee R, Christoffersen E, et al. Healthc Q. 2006;9(special issue):75-79.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing the medication reconciliation breakdown.

Starr D, West L. Most Wired Magazine. November 9, 2006.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Interprofessional Approaches to Patient Safety.

J Interprof Care. 2006;20:455-571.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Patient Safety, 2nd edition.

Vincent C. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010. ISBN: 9781405192217.

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