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SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Patient Safety.

Carayon P, Buckle P, eds. App Ergon. 2010:41:643-718.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Right tech dose helps medicine go down.

Patton S. CIO Magazine. December 7, 2006.

STUDY

Using Lean to improve medication administration safety: in search of the "perfect dose."

Ching JM, Long C, Williams BL, Blackmore CC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:195-204.

BOOK/REPORT

Through the Eyes of the Workforce: Creating Joy, Meaning, and Safer Health Care.

Roundtable on Joy and Meaning in Work and Workforce Safety, The Lucian Leape Institute. Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; 2013.

STUDY

High-performance work systems in health care management—part 1 and part 2.

Garman AN, McAlearney AS, Harrison MI, Song PH, McHugh M, Robbins J. Health Care Manage Rev. 2011;36:201-226.

REVIEW

Approaching the evidence basis for aviation-derived teamwork training in medicine.

Zeltser MV, Nash DB. Am J Med Qual. 2010;25:13-23.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach.

Dekker S. New York, NY: CRC Press; 2011. ISBN: 1439852251.

COMMENTARY

Enhancing healthcare process design with human factors engineering and reliability science, part 1: setting the context.

Boston-Fleischhauer C. J Nurs Admin. 2008;38:27-32.

STUDY

Effect of the 2011 vs 2003 duty hour regulation-compliant models on sleep duration, trainee education, and continuity of patient care among internal medicine house staff: a randomized trial.

Desai SV, Feldman L, Brown L, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:649-655.

COMMENTARY classic

Counterheroism, common knowledge, and ergonomics: concepts from aviation that could improve patient safety.

Lewis GH, Vaithianathan R, Hockey PM, Hirst G, Bagian JP. Milbank Q. 2011;89:4-38.

COURSE MATERIAL/CURRICULUM

Situational Awareness and Patient Safety: A Learning Package.

Parush A, Campbell C, Hunter A, et al. Ottawa, Ontario: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; 2011. ISBN: 9781926588100.

GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Cautious Patient Foundation Grant Program.

Houston, TX: Cautious Patient Foundation.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing adverse events caused by emergency electrical power system failures.

Sentinel Event Alert. September 6, 2006;(37):1-3.

STUDY

Emergency physician perceptions of patient safety risks.

Sklar DP, Crandall CS, Zola T, Cunningham R. Ann Emerg Med. 2009;55:336-340.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Software for symptoms.

Borzo J. Wall Street Journal. May 23, 2005:R10.

REVIEW

The negative impact of nurse-physician disruptive behavior on patient safety: a review of the literature.

Saxton R, Hines T, Enriquez M. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:180-183.

REVIEW

Human reliability analysis: a critique and review for managers.

French S, Bedford T, Pollard SJT, Soane E. Safety Sci. 2011;49:753-763.

COMMENTARY

Duty hour reform in a shifting medical landscape.

Jena AB, Prasad V. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Apr 9; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Sample to sample carryover: a source of analytical laboratory error and its relevance to integrated clinical chemistry/immunoassay systems.

Armbruster DA, Alexander DB. Clin Chim Acta. 2006;373:37-43.

AUDIOVISUAL classic

"To Err Is Human" Report Retrospective and the Decade Ahead.

2009 NPSF Congress: Lucian Leape Institute Plenary. Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; May 21, 2009.

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