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•Device-related Complications (5)

•Diagnostic Errors (7)

•Identification Errors (2)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (6)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (1)

•Medication Safety (6)

•Medical Complications (6)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (2)

•Surgical Complications (14)

•Transfusion Complications (1)

•Psychological and Social Complications (4)

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•Asia (1)

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•North America (29)

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•Book/Report (1)

•Journal Article (32)

•Legislation/Regulation (5)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (2)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (5)

•Active Errors (15)

•Latent Errors (5)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (15)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (3)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (9)

•Communication Improvement (15)

•Human Factors Engineering (9)

•Teamwork (4)

•Logistical Approaches (3)

•Culture of Safety (5)

•Technologic Approaches (7)

•Education and Training (11)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (35)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (26)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (12)

•Patients (2)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (29)

•Ambulatory Care (6)

•Outpatient Surgery (2)

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COMMENTARY

Procedural Mishap: Learning Curve?

Gibbs VC, Leape LL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2003.

COMMENTARY

Impatient Inpatient Dosing

White RH. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July/August 2005.

COMMENTARY

Making Do.

Bradley LD. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2003.

COMMENTARY

Ectopic or Not?

Givens VM, Lipscomb GH. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

COMMENTARY

The Other Side.

Vincent C. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2003.

STUDY

Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures.

Rothschild JM, Keohane CA, Rogers S, et al. JAMA. 2009;302:1565-1572.

COMMENTARY

OR Peeping.

Mackenzie CF. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

COMMENTARY

Feeling No Pain.

Bogner MS. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2003.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #464: patient safety in the surgical environment.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116:786-790.

STUDY

Disclosing medical errors to patients: it's not what you say, it's what they hear.

Wu AW, Huang IC, Stokes S, Pronovost PJ. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1012-1017.

COMMENTARY

Insert Omission

Darney P. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor removes ovaries from wrong patient.

Bramson K, Mooney T. Providence Journal. August 18, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Not a Miscarriage.

Learman LA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

REVIEW

Safety issues in combined gynecologic and plastic surgical procedures.

Kryger ZB, Dumanian GA, Howard MA. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007;99;257-263.

COMMENTARY

Copy and Paste

Hersh W. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2007.

COMMENTARY

Executive summary of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Presidential Task Force on Patient Safety in the Office Setting: reinvigorating safety in office-based gynecologic surgery.

Erickson TB, Kirkpatrick DH, DeFrancesco MS, Lawrence HC III. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;115:147-151.

STUDY

Hospital costs associated with adverse events in gynecological oncology.

Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Gordon LG, Sanday K, et al. Gynecol Oncol. 2011;121:70-75.

STUDY

Improving Papanicolaou test quality and reducing medical errors by using Toyota production system methods.

Raab SS, Andrew-Jaja C, Condel JL, Dabbs DJ. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006;194:57-64.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #546: tracking and reminder systems.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2012;120:1535-1537.

COMMENTARY

Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding.

Mandelblatt J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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