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•Device-related Complications (38)

•Diagnostic Errors (17)

•Identification Errors (4)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (27)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (3)

•Medication Safety (82)

•Medical Complications (42)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (5)

•Surgical Complications (29)

•Transfusion Complications (2)

•Psychological and Social Complications (9)

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•Australia and New Zealand (19)

•Central and South America (1)

•Europe (109)

•North America (289)

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•Audiovisual (3)

•Book/Report (27)

•Journal Article (315)

•Legislation/Regulation (4)

•Meeting/Conference (10)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (20)

•Press Release/Announcement (5)

•Special or Theme Issue (17)

•Tools/Toolkit (3)

•Web Resource (7)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (65)

•Active Errors (34)

•Latent Errors (27)

•Near Miss (6)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (134)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (52)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (158)

•Communication Improvement (51)

•Human Factors Engineering (104)

•Teamwork (31)

•Specialization of Care (7)

•Logistical Approaches (17)

•Culture of Safety (67)

•Technologic Approaches (76)

•Education and Training (47)

Clinical Areas

•Dentistry (1)

•Medicine (207)

•Nursing (13)

•Pharmacy (13)

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Setting of Care

•Hospitals (175)

•Psychiatric Facilities (3)

•Residential Facilities (6)

•Ambulatory Care (42)

•Outpatient Surgery (3)

•Patient Transport (3)

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MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Patient Safety Measures: Complications.

Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; December 2012.

STUDY

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Reducing adverse drug events: lessons from a breakthrough series collaborative.

Leape LL, Kabcenell A, Gandhi TK, Carver P, Nolan TW, Berwick DM. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2000;26:321-331.

COMMENTARY

How to use an article about quality improvement.

Fan E, Laupacis A, Pronovost PJ, Guyatt GH, Needham DM. JAMA. 2010;304:2279-2287.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety beyond the hospital.

Gandhi TK, Lee TH. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1001-1003.

STUDY

Measuring handoff quality in labor and delivery: development, validation, and application of the Coordination of Handoff Effectiveness Questionnaire (CHEQ).

Block M, Ehrenworth JF, Cuce VM, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:213-220.

REVIEW

Overview of progress on patient safety.

Pronovost PJ, Holzmueller CG, Ennen CS, Fox HE. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:5-10.

COMMENTARY

2008 Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Congress: conference proceedings.

Stepnick L, Edgman-Levitan S, Bonacum D, Pinakiewicz DC. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:129-140.

COMMENTARY

Critical care checklists, the Keystone Project, and the Office for Human Research Protections: a case for streamlining the approval process in quality-improvement research.

Savel RH, Goldstein EB, Gropper MA. Crit Care Med. 2009;37:725-728.

REVIEW

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Interruptions and distractions in healthcare: review and reappraisal.

Rivera-Rodriguez AJ, Karsh BT. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:304-312.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety in obstetrics and gynecology: an agenda for the future.

Pearlman MD. Obstet Gynecol. 2006;108:1266-1271.

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Publication guidelines for improvement studies in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project.

Davidoff F, Batalden P, Stevens D, Ogrinc G, Mooney S; for SQUIRE Development Group. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:670-676.

COMMENTARY

Measurement of quality and assurance of safety in the critically ill.

Pronovost PJ, Sexton JB, Pharn JC, Goeschel CA, Winters BD, Miller MR. Clin Chest Med. 2009;30:169-179.

GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Patient Safety Research During Neonatal Care.

Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health. PAR-11-225; PAR-11-226; PAR-11-227.

COMMENTARY

Viewing health care delivery as science: challenges, benefits, and policy implications.

Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA. Health Serv Res. 2010;45:1508-1522.

STUDY

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Diagnostic error in medicine: analysis of 583 physician-reported errors.

Schiff GD, Hasan O, Kim S, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1881-1887.

COMMENTARY

Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention and control.

Meisel ZF, Hargarten S, Vernick J. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2008;12:411-416.

STUDY

Analysis of adverse events in pediatric surgery using criteria validated from the adult population: justifying the need for pediatric-focused outcome measures.

Rice-Townsend S, Hall M, Jenkins KJ, Roberson DW, Rangel SJ. J Pediatr Surg. 2010;45:1126-1136.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008.

COMMENTARY

Improving handoffs in the emergency department.

Cheung DS, Kelly JJ, Beach C, et al; American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:171-180.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Pharmaceutical industry and medical device companies: part of the solution?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 16, 2006;11:1, 3.

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