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•Device-related Complications (50)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (233)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (34)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (370)

•Active Errors (154)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (350)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (775)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1110)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (533)

•Patients (121)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1251)

•Psychiatric Facilities (4)

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•Ambulatory Care (132)

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STUDY

Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Jain R, Kralovic SM, Evans ME, et al. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1419-1430.

BOOK/REPORT

2009 National Healthcare Quality Report.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 10-0003.

BOOK/REPORT

Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections.

Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; September 2008. Publication GAO-08-808.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Validity of Patient Safety Indicators in the Veterans Health Administration.

J Am Coll Surg. 2011;212:921-990.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A success story in American health care: eliminating infections and saving lives in Michigan.

Herzer K, Seshamani M. HealthReform.Gov. July 2009.

STUDY

A multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections.

McMullan C, Propper G, Schuhmacher C, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:61-69.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Rounding to influence.

Reinertsen JL, Johnson KM. Healthc Exec. Sept/Oct 2010;25:72-75.

STUDY

How active resisters and organizational constipators affect health care–acquired infection prevention efforts.

Saint S, Kowalski CP, Banaszak-Holl J, Forman J, Damschroder L, Krein SL. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:239-246.

COMMENTARY

Using a logic model to design and evaluate quality and patient safety improvement programs.

Goeschel CA, Weiss WM, Pronovost PJ. Int J Qual Health Care. 2012;24:330-337.

STUDY

Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide: the Hawaii experience.

Lin DM, Weeks K, Bauer L, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:124-129.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0037-1-EF.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

African Partnerships for Patient Safety.

Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization.

BOOK/REPORT

Preventing Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: a Global Challenge, a Global Perspective.

The Joint Commission. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; May 2012.

COMMENTARY

As she lay dying: how I fought to stop medical errors from killing my mom.

Welch JR. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31:2817-2820.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission; May 17, 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.

Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2012.

COMMENTARY

Introducing the patient safety professional: why, what, who, how, and where?

Saint S, Krein SL, Manojlovich M, Kowalski CP, Zawol D, Shojania KG. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:175-180.

COMMENTARY

Learning accountability for patient outcomes.

Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.

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