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•Device-related Complications (13)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (77)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (32)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (123)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (157)

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STUDY

Wrong-side/wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient adverse events: are they preventable?

Seiden SC, Barach P. Arch Surg. 2006;141:931-939.

TOOLKIT

Patient Safety Rounding Toolkit.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

STUDY

Risk of medication errors at hospital discharge and barriers to problem resolution.

Enguidanos SM, Brumley RD. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2005;24:123-135.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Frush KS, Hohenhaus SM, eds. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2006;7:213-277.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dose of technology helps Shands at UF avoid drug errors.

Chun D. Gainsville Sun. August 21, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Promethazine conundrum: IV can hurt more than IM injection!

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 2, 2006;11:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Surgical errors: new products, protocols help slash the risks.

Williamson JE. Healthcare Purchasing News. January 2006;30:22-25.

STUDY

Organizational and cultural changes for providing safe patient care.

Odwazny R, Hasler S, Abrams R, McNutt R. Qual Manag Health Care. 2005;14:132-143.

AUDIOVISUAL

Empowering Better Nursing Care.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

STUDY

Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians.

Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:2589-2600.

COMMENTARY

System errors in intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring: a case review.

Miller LA. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50:507-516.

COMMENTARY

A plan for achieving significant improvement in patient safety.

Johnson K, Maultsby CC. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22:164-171.

STUDY

Patient-reported service quality on a medicine unit.

Weingart SN, Pagovich O, Sands DZ, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005;18:95-101.

STUDY

What is the measure of a safe hospital? Medication errors missed by risk management, clinical staff, and surveyors.

Grasso BC, Rothschild JM, Jordan CW, Jayaram G. J Psychiatr Pract. 2005;11:268-273.

COMMENTARY

A multifaceted approach to improve patient safety, prevent medical errors and resolve the professional liability crisis.

Weinstein L. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006;194:1160-1165; discussion 1165-1167.

STUDY

Resident attitudes regarding the impact of the 80–duty-hours work standards.

Zonia SC, LaBaere RJ, Stommel M, Tomaszewski DD. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2005;105:307-313.

STUDY

Physicians' needs in coping with emotional stressors: the case for peer support.

Hu YY, Fix ML, Hevelone ND, et al. Arch Surg. 2012;147:212-217.

STUDY

Drug-induced hypoglycaemia--new insight into an old problem.

Ching CK, Lai CK, Poon WT, et al. Hong Kong Med J. 2006;12:334-338.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Do no harm: promoting patient safety.

Ellis K. Surgicenteronline.com [serial online]. May 1, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety in ASCs: putting patients first.

Dix K. Today's Surgicenter. December 1, 2006.

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