AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (51)

•Diagnostic Errors (48)

•Identification Errors (27)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (242)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (34)

•Medication Safety (358)

•Medical Complications (228)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (16)

•Surgical Complications (68)

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•Psychological and Social Complications (60)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (405)

•Active Errors (165)

•Latent Errors (97)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (355)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (163)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (426)

•Communication Improvement (377)

•Human Factors Engineering (139)

•Teamwork (93)

•Specialization of Care (101)

•Logistical Approaches (113)

•Culture of Safety (239)

•Technologic Approaches (245)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (805)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1134)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (550)

•Patients (124)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1254)

•Psychiatric Facilities (5)

•Residential Facilities (9)

•Ambulatory Care (175)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

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STUDY

Nurse staffing and inpatient hospital mortality.

Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Pankratz VS, Leibson CL, Stevens SR, Harris M. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1037-1045.

STUDY

A relational leadership perspective on unit-level safety climate.

Thompson DN, Hoffman LA, Sereika SM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:479-487.

STUDY

Lessons learned: use of event reporting by nurses to improve patient safety and quality.

Hession-Laband E, Mantell P. J Pediatr Nurs. 2011;26:149-155.

STUDY

Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of medication administration errors.

Westbrook JI, Woods A, Rob MI, Dunsmuir WTM, Day RO. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:683-690.

STUDY

Effects of learning climate and registered nurse staffing on medication errors.

Chang Y, Mark B. Nurs Res. 2011;60:32-39.

COMMENTARY

Cascade iatrogenesis: factors leading to the development of adverse events in hospitalized older adults.

Thornlow DK, Anderson R, Oddone E. Int J Nurs Stud. 2009;46:1528-1535.

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Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

STUDY

Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? An analysis of associations with safety climate and working conditions.

Taylor JA, Dominici F, Agnew J, Gerwin D, Morlock L, Miller MR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:101-111.

COMMENTARY

Increasing the use of 'smart' pump drug libraries by nurses: a continuous quality improvement project.

Harding AD. Am J Nurs. 2012;112:26-35.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2012;9:50-57.

STUDY

The effect of hospital electronic health record adoption on nurse-assessed quality of care and patient safety.

Kutney-Lee A, Kelly D. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:466-472.

COMMENTARY

Using simulation to teach nursing students and licensed clinicians obstetric emergencies.

Alderman JT. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2012;37:394-400.

STUDY

Adverse drug events caused by serious medication administration errors.

Kale A, Keohane CA, Maviglia S, Gandhi TK, Poon EG. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:933-938.

STUDY

Medication safety initiative in reducing medication errors.

Nguyen EE, Connolly PM, Wong V. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:224-230.

REVIEW

Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

Spoelstra SL, Given BA, Given CW. Clin Nurs Res. 2012;21:92-112.

COMMENTARY

Implementing handoff communication.

Ardoin KB, Broussard L. J Nurses Staff Dev. 2011;27:128-135.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Results of ISMP survey on high-alert medications: differences between nursing, pharmacy, and risk/quality/safety perspectives.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 9, 2012;17:1-4.

STUDY

Improving patient safety using the sterile cockpit principle during medication administration: a collaborative, unit-based project.

Fore AM, Sculli GL, Albee D, Neily J. J Nurs Manag. 2013;21:106-111.

COMMENTARY

A performance improvement plan to increase nurse adherence to use of medication safety software.

Gavriloff C. J Pediatr Nurs. 2012;27:375-382.

STUDY

Adoption of National Quality Forum safe practices by magnet hospitals.

Jayawardhana J, Welton JM, Lindrooth R. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:350-356.

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