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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (13)

•Medication Safety (67)

•Medical Complications (17)

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•Surgical Complications (13)

•Transfusion Complications (1)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (9)

•Active Errors (9)

•Latent Errors (6)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (28)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (12)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (19)

•Communication Improvement (87)

•Human Factors Engineering (13)

•Teamwork (4)

•Specialization of Care (2)

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•Culture of Safety (7)

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•Education and Training (105)

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•Medicine (70)

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•Pharmacy (31)

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•Hospitals (46)

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GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Your Medicine, Be Smart, Be Safe.

Patient Guide. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Bethesda, MD: National Council on Patient Information and Education; April 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0049-A.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Questions Are the Answer.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Twenty Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children.

Patient Fact Sheet. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2002. AHRQ Publication No. 02-P034.

STUDY

Can patients be part of the solution? Views on their role in preventing medical errors.

Hibbard JH, Peters E, Slovic P, Tusler M. Med Care Res Rev. 2005;62:601-616.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors!

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2001. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0017.

BOOK/REPORT

Guide to Healthcare Quality: How to Know It When You See It.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Rockville, MD: 2005.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2002. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0040c.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, August 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 09-0086-C.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Having Surgery? What You Need to Know.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. AHRQ Publication No. 05(06)-0074.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors.

Patient Fact Sheet. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0089.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Cap.

Schillinger D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Quick Tips—When Planning for Surgery.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0040d.

AUDIOVISUAL

Healthcare 411 Special Report: National Patient Safety Awareness Week.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 6, 2006.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Five Steps to Safer Health Care.

Patient Fact Sheet. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2004. AHRQ Publication No. 04-M005.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

MedlinePlus: Patient Safety.

US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

How to Prevent Medication Errors.

Huntingdon Valley, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2004.

COMMENTARY

Development of a patient safety web-based education curriculum for physicians, nurses, and patients.

Hendee WR, Keating-Christensen C, Loh YH. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:90-99.

AUDIOVISUAL

Video on Tips for Taking Medicines Safely.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2005.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Getting Safer Care.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

No minor mistake: doctor's error, your expense.

Smerd J. Workforce Management. June 11, 2007;1, 16-19.

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