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COMMENTARY
Right? Left? Neither!
Howell EA, Chassin MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
Oversight hearing on recent patient safety issues.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 109th Cong, 2nd Sess (June 15, 2006). (Testimony of James P. Bagian, MD, PE; John D. Daigh, Jr., MD; Daniel Schultz, MD; Laurie Ekstrand).
COMMENTARY
The Unfinished Patient Safety Agenda
Aiken LH. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July/August 2005.
BOOK/REPORT
Report 6: Managing Risk and Minimising Mistakes in Services to Children and Families.
Bostock L, Bairstow S, Fish S, Macleod F. London, England: Social Care Institute for Excellence; 2005. ISBN: 1904812279.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in awkward position as "enforcers."
Ostrom CM. Seattle Times. June 22, 2006:B1.
COMMENTARY
Liposuction Gone Awry
Yates JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2006.
COMMENTARY
OR Peeping.
Mackenzie CF. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.
COMMENTARY
The Wild West: Patient Safety in Office-Based Anesthesia
Kaushal R, Upadhyayula S, Gaba DM, Leape LL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.
STUDY
Comparison and interpretation of urinalysis performed by a nephrologist versus a hospital-based clinical laboratory.
Tsai JJ, Yeun JY, Kumar VA, Don BR. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005;46:820-829.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
CMS: your mistake, your problem.
Lubell J. Modern Healthc. August 20, 2007;37:10.
STUDY
Anaesthetists' management of oxygen pipeline failure: room for improvement.
Weller J, Merry A, Warman G, Robinson B. Anaesthesia. 2007;62:122-126.
STUDY
Nature, causes and consequences of unintended events in surgical units.
van Wagtendonk I, Smits M, Merten H, Heetveld MJ, Wagner C. Br J Surg. 2010;97:1730-1740.
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Residents report on adverse events and their causes.
Jagsi R, Kitch BT, Weinstein DF, Campbell EG, Hutter M, Weissman JS. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:2607-2613.
STUDY
Effectiveness of a community collaborative for eliminating the use of high-risk abbreviations written by physicians.
Leonhardt KK, Botticelli J. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:147-153.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Preventing adverse events caused by emergency electrical power system failures.
Sentinel Event Alert. September 6, 2006;(37):1-3.
STUDY
A novel process for introducing a new intraoperative program: a multidisciplinary paradigm for mitigating hazards and improving patient safety.
Rodriguez-Paz JM, Mark LJ, Herzer KR, et al. Anesth Analg. 2009;108:202-210.
STUDY
Surgical skill is predicted by the ability to detect errors.
Bann S, Khan M, Datta V, Darzi A. Am J Surg. 2005;189:412-415.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Surgical Care Improvement Project.
National SCIP Partnership, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, 14000 Quail Springs Parkway, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK, 73134.
REVIEW
Overriding of drug safety alerts in computerized physician order entry.
van der Sijs H, Aarts J, Vulto A, Berg M. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:138-147.
STUDY
Persistent next-day effects of excessive alcohol consumption on laparoscopic surgical performance.
Gallagher AG, Boyle E, Toner P, et al. Arch Surg. 2011;146:419-426.
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