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•Device-related Complications (25)

•Diagnostic Errors (2)

•Identification Errors (15)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (71)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (22)

•Medication Safety (227)

•Medical Complications (74)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (14)

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•Psychological and Social Complications (28)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (107)

•Active Errors (86)

•Latent Errors (46)

•Near Miss (23)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (114)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (126)

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•Human Factors Engineering (92)

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•Medicine (294)

•Nursing (526)

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Nurse Managers

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (434)

•Psychiatric Facilities (6)

•Residential Facilities (19)

•Ambulatory Care (27)

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STUDY

Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience.

Westbrook JI, Rob MI, Woods A, Parry D. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:1027-1034.

STUDY

Medication safety initiative in reducing medication errors.

Nguyen EE, Connolly PM, Wong V. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:224-230.

STUDY

The application of Aronson's taxonomy to medication errors in nursing.

Johnson M, Young H. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:128-135.

REVIEW

Work interruptions and their contribution to medication administration errors: an evidence review.

Biron AD, Loiselle CG, Lavoie-Tremblay M. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2009;6:70-86.

STUDY

Medication Administration Time Study (MATS): nursing staff performance of medication administration.

Elganzouri ES, Standish CA, Androwich I. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:204-210.

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Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? An analysis of associations with safety climate and working conditions.

Taylor JA, Dominici F, Agnew J, Gerwin D, Morlock L, Miller MR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:101-111.

STUDY

Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

STUDY

Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality.

Trinkoff AM, Johantgen M, Storr CL, Gurses AP, Liang Y, Han K. Nurs Res. 2011;60:1-8.

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.

STUDY

Bar code medication administration technology: characterization of high-alert medication triggers and clinician workarounds.

Miller DF, Fortier CR, Garrison KL. Ann Pharmacother. 2011;45:162-168.

STUDY

The impact of type of manual medication cart filling method on the frequency of medication administration errors: a prospective before and after study.

Schimmel AM, Becker ML, van den Bout T, Taxis K, van den Bemt PM. Int J Nurs Stud. 2011;48:791-797.

COMMENTARY

Medication room madness: calming the chaos.

Conrad C, Fields W, McNamara T, Cone M. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;25:137-144.

STUDY

A relational leadership perspective on unit-level safety climate.

Thompson DN, Hoffman LA, Sereika SM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:479-487.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Following the patient journey to improve medicines management and reduce errors.

Crocker C. Nurs Times. 2009 Nov 24;105:12-15.

STUDY

Empowering frontline nurses: a structured intervention enables nurses to improve medication administration accuracy.

Kliger J, Blegen MA, Gootee D, O'Neil E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:604-612.

STUDY

Learning mechanisms to limit medication administration errors.

Drach-Zahavy A, Pud D. J Adv Nurs. 2010;66:794-805.

STUDY

Insights into the climate of safety towards the prevention of falls among hospital staff.

Black AA, Brauer SG, Bell RAR, Economidis AJ, Haines TP. J Clin Nurs. 2011;20:2924-2930.

STUDY

Prospective pilot intervention study to prevent medication errors in drugs administered to children by mouth or gastric tube: a programme for nurses, physicians and parents.

Bertsche T, Bertsche A, Krieg EM, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e26.

STUDY

The impact of traditional and smart pump infusion technology on nurse medication administration performance in a simulated inpatient unit.

Trbovich PL, Pinkney S, Cafazzo JA, Easty AC. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:430-434.

STUDY

A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life.

Holden RJ, Scanlon MC, Patel NR, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:15-24.

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