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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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: a year in review.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Pharmacy Practice News. October 2011:7-14.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Safety Investigation of CT Brain Perfusion Scans: Update 11/9/2010.

Rockville, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; November 9, 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Preventing catheter/tubing misconnections: much needed help is on the way.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 15, 2010;15:1-2.

REVIEW

Tubing misconnections: normalization of deviance.

Simmons D, Symes L, Guenter P, Graves K. Nutr Clin Pract. 2011;26:286-293.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. Hosp Pharm. 2010;45:191-195.

STUDY

The nurse's role in the causation of compensable injury.

Painter LM, Dudjak LA, Kidwell KM, Simmons RL, Kidwell RP. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;4:311-319.

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

Impact of a comprehensive safety initiative on patient-controlled analgesia errors.

Paul JE, Bertram B, Antoni K, et al. Anesthesiology. 2010;113:1427-1432.

STUDY

Designing for distractions: a human factors approach to decreasing interruptions at a centralised medication station.

Colligan L, Guerlain S, Steck SE, Hoke TR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:939-947.

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.

Kirkbride G, Vermace B. Nurs Adm Q. 2011;35:110-118.

STUDY

Hospital staff nurses' shift length associated with safety and quality of care.

Stimpfel AW, Aiken LH. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:122-129.

COMMENTARY

Resuscitation Errors: A Shocking Problem

Abella BS, Edelson DP. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2007.

STUDY

A case of mistaken identity: staff input on patient ID errors.

Ortiz J, Amatucci C. Nurs Manage. April 2009;4:37-41.

STUDY

Evaluation of consistency in dosing directions and measuring devices for pediatric nonprescription liquid medications.

Yin HS, Wolf MS, Dreyer BP, Sanders LM, Parker RM. JAMA. 2010;304:2595-2602.

REVIEW

Inappropriate trust in technology: implications for critical care nurses.

Browne M, Cook P. Nurs Crit Care. 2011;16:92-98.

STUDY

Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals.

Hamilton P, Mathur S, Gemeinhardt G, Eschiti V, Campbell M. J Nurs Admin. 2010;40:124-128.

COMMENTARY

MRI suites: safety outside the bore.

Gilk T. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. September/October 2006;3:16-18, 20-21.

COMMENTARY

The role of nursing surveillance in keeping patients safe.

Dresser S. J Nurs Adm. 2012;42:361-368.

STUDY

Identifying the latent failures underpinning medication administration errors: an exploratory study.

Lawton R, Carruthers S, Gardner P, Wright J, McEachan RR. Health Serv Res. 2012;47:1437-1459.

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