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COMMENTARY

Unreported errors in the intensive care unit: a case study of the way we work.

Henneman EA. Crit Care Nurse. 2007;27:27-34.

IMAGE/POSTER

Distributing Cognition: ICU Handoffs Conform to Grice's Maxims.

Brandwijk M, Nemeth C, O'Conner M, Kahana M, Cook RI. Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesia and Critical Care: Chicago, IL: University of Chicago.

STUDY

Communication in critical care environments: mobile telephones improve patient care.

Soto RG, Chu LF, Goldman JM, Rampil IJ, Ruskin KJ. Anesth Analg. 2006;102:535-541.

STUDY

Interruptive communication patterns in the intensive care unit ward round.

Alvarez G, Coiera E. Int J Med Inform. 2005;74:791-796.

STUDY

Discharge rounds in the 80-hour workweek: importance of the trauma nurse practitioner.

Haan JM, Dutton RP, Willis M, Leone S, Kramer ME, Scalea TM. J Trauma. 2007;63:339-343.

REVIEW

Failure mode and effects analysis application to critical care medicine.

Duwe B, Fuchs BD, Hansen-Flaschen J. Crit Care Clin. 2005;21:21-30, vii.

STUDY

Healthy work environments, nurse-physician communication, and patients' outcomes.

Manojlovich M, DeCicco B. Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:536-543.

STUDY

Development of the ICU safety reporting system.

Wu AW, Holzmueller CG, Lubomski LH, et al. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:23-32.

COMMENTARY

Novel Drug Misuse.

Angus DC, Milbrandt EB. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2004.

STUDY

In search of common ground in handoff documentation in an intensive care unit.

Collins SA, Mamykina L, Jordan D, et al. J Biomed Inform. 2012;45:307-315.

STUDY

A look into the nature and causes of human errors in the intensive care unit.

Donchin Y, Gopher D, Olin M, et al. Crit Care Med. 1995;23:294-300.

COMMENTARY

Getting to the Root of the Matter

Flanders SA, Saint S. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2005.

STUDY

The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK intensive care unit.

Sanghera IS, Franklin BD, Dhillon S. Anaesthesia. 2007;62:53-61.

STUDY

Design and implementation of an ICU incident registry.

van der Veer S, Cornet R, de Jonge E. Int J Med Inform. 2007;76:103-108.

STUDY

Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program.

Pronovost P, Weast B, Rosenstein B. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:33-40.

COMMENTARY

Teamwork and team training in the ICU: where do the similarities with aviation end?

Reader TW, Cuthbertson BH. Crit Care. 2011;15:313.

COMMENTARY

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident duty hour new standards: history, changes, and impact on staffing of intensive care units.

Pastores SM, O’Connor MF, Kleinpell RM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:2540-2549.

STUDY

Developing and testing a tool to measure nurse/physician communication in the intensive care unit.

Manojlovich M, Saint S, Forman J, Fletcher CE, Keith R, Krein S. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:72-76.

STUDY

Checklists change communication about key elements of patient care.

Newkirk M, Pamplin JC, Kuwamoto R, Allen DA, Chung KK. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012;73(2 suppl 1):S75-S82.

COMMENTARY

PCA Overdose

Doyle DJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July/August 2005.

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