AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (128)

•Diagnostic Errors (173)

•Identification Errors (89)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (300)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (36)

•Medication Safety (736)

•Medical Complications (339)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (56)

•Surgical Complications (357)

•Transfusion Complications (17)

•Psychological and Social Complications (74)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (8)

•Asia (43)

•Australia and New Zealand (153)

•Central and South America (10)

•Europe (408)

•North America (1756)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (26)

•Award (8)

•Book/Report (140)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (1889)

•Legislation/Regulation (26)

•Meeting/Conference (15)

•Newsletter/Journal (4)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (179)

•Press Release/Announcement (25)

•Special or Theme Issue (38)

•Tools/Toolkit (25)

•Web Resource (48)

•Grant (4)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (1062)

•Active Errors (398)

•Latent Errors (172)

•Near Miss (61)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (688)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (186)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (908)

•Communication Improvement (581)

•Human Factors Engineering (300)

•Teamwork (279)

•Specialization of Care (178)

•Logistical Approaches (142)

•Culture of Safety (331)

•Technologic Approaches (355)

•Education and Training (490)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (1871)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2023)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (803)

•Patients (139)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1708)

•Psychiatric Facilities (15)

•Residential Facilities (62)

•Ambulatory Care (231)

•Outpatient Surgery (32)

•Patient Transport (32)

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COMMENTARY

Failure to Report

Spath PL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

STUDY

Attitudes of health sciences faculty members towards interprofessional teamwork and education.

Curran VR, Sharpe D, Forristall J. Med Educ. 2007;41:892-896.

COMMENTARY

The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety

Gibson R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Interprofessional Approaches to Patient Safety.

J Interprof Care. 2006;20:455-571.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:405-406.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

USP drug safety review: medication errors involving NMBAs.

Santell JP. Drug Topics (Health-System Edition). May 22, 2006.

STUDY

Intensive care unit safety incidents for medical versus surgical patients: a prospective multicenter study.

Sinopoli DJ, Needham DM, Thompson DA, et al. J Crit Care. 2007;22:177-183.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine.

Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM, Wears RL, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. ISBN: 9780781777278.

STUDY

Reevaluating recovery: perceived violations and preemptive interventions on emergency psychiatry rounds.

Cohen T, Blatter B, Almeida C, Patel VL. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14:312-319.

COMMENTARY

Medical errors and quality of care: from control to commitment.

Khatri N, Baveja A, Boren SA, Mammo A. Calif Manage Rev. Spring 2006;48:115-141.

STUDY

Advanced practice nursing students' identification of patient safety issues in ambulatory care.

Schnall R, Larson E, Stone PW, John RM, Bakken S. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:169-175.

STUDY

Prevalence of preventable medication-related hospitalizations in Australia: an opportunity to reduce harm.

Kalisch LM, Caughey GE, Barratt JD, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2012;24:239-249.

STUDY

Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.

Taylor DM, Robinson J, MacLeod D, MacBean CE, Braitberg G. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009;33:388-394.

STUDY

Cause and effect analysis of closed claims in obstetrics and gynecology.

White AA, Pichert JW, Bledsoe SH, Irwin C, Entman SS. Obstet Gynecol. 2005;105:1031-1038.

STUDY

Implementation of a patient safety incident management system as viewed by doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

Travaglia JF, Westbrook MT, Braithwaite J. Health (London). 2009;13:277-296.

COMMENTARY

Understanding medication safety in healthcare settings: a critical review of conceptual models.

Liu W, Manias E, Gerdtz M. Nurs Inq. 2011;18:290-302.

STUDY

Interrater agreement with a standard scheme for classifying medication errors.

Forrey RA, Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:175-181.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Arresting death: saving 100,000 lives.

Meyers S. Trustee. January 2007;60:6-10.

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