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General Internal Medicine

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Administering a saline flush "site unseen" can lead to a wrong route error.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 16, 2013;18:1-3.

STUDY

Medication safety initiative in reducing medication errors.

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

STUDY

Designing for distractions: a human factors approach to decreasing interruptions at a centralised medication station.

Colligan L, Guerlain S, Steck SE, Hoke TR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:939-947.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A clinical reminder about the safe use of insulin vials.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 21, 2013;18:1-3.

STUDY

Spreading a medication administration intervention organizationwide in six hospitals.

Kliger J, Singer S, Hoffman F, O'Neil E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:51-60.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:696–698.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:654-657.

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.

Kirkbride G, Vermace B. Nurs Adm Q. 2011;35:110-118.

STUDY

Using Lean to improve medication administration safety: in search of the "perfect dose."

Ching JM, Long C, Williams BL, Blackmore CC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:195-204.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Ingestion or aspiration of foreign objects or toxic substances is not just a safety concern with children.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 3, 2011;16:1-2.

STUDY

A multiple-drawer medication layout problem in automated dispensing cabinets.

Pazour JA, Meller RD. Health Care Manag Sci. 2012;15:339-354.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Proper positioning of pharmacy label on Hospira PCA vials will avoid interference with scanning.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 14, 2008;13:1-3.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety: An Engineering Approach.

Dhillon BS. New York, NY: CRC Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781439873861.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Events associated with the prescribing, dispensing, and administering of medication loading doses.

Carson SL, Gaunt MJ. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. 2012;9:82-88.

COMMENTARY

Understanding the role of non-technical skills in patient safety.

White N. Nurs Stand. 2012;26:43-48.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Anticoagulant safety practices call for pharmacist supervision.

Scott A. Drug Topics (Health-System Edition). November 10, 2008.

COMMENTARY

Keeping an eye on patient safety using human factors engineering (HFE): a family affair for the hospitalized child.

Wilson BL. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2010;15:84-87.

STUDY

Medication administration quality and health information technology: a national study of US hospitals.

Appari A, Carian EK, Johnson ME, Anthony DL. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:360-367.

STUDY

Vital sign abnormalities, rapid response, and adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients.

Fagan K, Sabel A, Mehler PS, MacKenzie TD. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:480-486.

STUDY

Anticoagulation-associated adverse drug events.

Piazza G, Nguyen TN, Cios D, et al. Am J Med. 2011;124:1136-1142.

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