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COMMENTARY

Culture, language, and patient safety: making the link.

Johnstone MJ, Kanitsaki O. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:383-8.

STUDY

Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals.

Brand CA, Tropea J, Ibrahim JE, et al. Med J Aust. 2008;189:35-40.

STUDY

Attitude is everything?: The impact of workload, safety climate, and safety tools on medical errors: a study of intensive care units.

Steyrer J, Schiffinger M, Huber C, Valentin A, Strunk G. Health Care Manage Rev. 2012 Oct 18; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.

Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012;33:135-143.

REVIEW

Strategies for improving patient safety culture in hospitals: a systematic review.

Morello RT, Lowthian JA, Barker AL, McGinnes R, Dunt D, Brand C. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:11-18.

STUDY

What stops hospital clinical staff from following protocols? An analysis of the incidence and factors behind the failure of bedside clinical staff to activate the rapid response system in a multi-campus Australian metropolitan healthcare service.

Shearer B, Marshall S, Buist MD, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:569-575.

BOOK/REPORT

First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety.

Koppel R, Gordon S, ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; 2012. ISBN: 9780801450778.

BOOK/REPORT

Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture: Staff Perspectives on American Health Care.

South Bend, IN: Press Ganey Associates, Inc: 2009.

STUDY

An organizational assessment of disruptive clinician behavior: findings and implications.

Walrath JM, Dang D, Nyberg D. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:110-121.

BOOK/REPORT

The Measurement and Monitoring of Safety.

Vincent C, Burnett S, Carthey J. London, UK: Health Foundation; April 2013. ISBN: 9781906461447.

COMMENTARY

Perspective: a culture of respect—part 1 and part 2.

Leape LL, Shore MF, Dienstag JL, et al. Acad Med. 2012;87:845-858.

STUDY

Factors predicting change in hospital safety climate and capability in a multi-site patient safety collaborative: a longitudinal survey study.

Benn J, Burnett S, Parand A, Pinto A, Vincent C. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:559-568.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Raising the index of suspicion: red flags that represent credible threats to patient safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 26, 2012;17:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Disruptive physicians.

Sandrick K. Trustee. November 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

Second Victim: Error, Guilt, Trauma, and Resilience.

Dekker S. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2013. ISBN: 9781466583412.

STUDY

Safety leadership: a meta-analytic review of transformational and transactional leadership styles as antecedents of safety behaviours.

Clarke S. J Occup Organ Psychol. 2013;86:22-49.

STUDY

Patient safety culture: factors that influence clinician involvement in patient safety behaviours.

Wakefield JG, McLaws ML, Whitby M, Patton L. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:585-591.

REVIEW

Promoting a culture of safety as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Weaver SJ, Lubomski LH, Wilson RF, Pfoh ER, Martinez KA, Dy SM. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):369-374.

COMMENTARY

Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.

Romig M, Goeschel C, Pronovost P, Berenholtz SM. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010;38:114-121.

STUDY

AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: psychometric analyses.

Blegen MA, Gearhart S, O'Brien R, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:139-144.

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