AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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MULTI-USE WEBSITE

On the CUSP: Stop HAI.

Health Research & Educational Trust, MHA Keystone Center.

STUDY

Saving lives by studying deaths: using standardized mortality reviews to improve inpatient safety.

Lau H, Litman KC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:400-408.

COMMENTARY classic

Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety.

Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1401-1406.

STUDY

Racial disparities in the frequency of patient safety events: results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Metersky ML, Hunt DR, Kliman R, et al. Med Care. 2011;49:504-510.

STUDY

Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene initiative on healthcare-associated infections: results of an interrupted time series.

Kirkland KB, Homa KA, Lasky RA, Ptak JA, Taylor EA, Splaine ME. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:1019-1026.

COMMENTARY

Using the opportunity estimator tool to improve engagement in a quality and safety intervention.

Duval-Arnould J, Mathews SC, Weeks K, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:41-47.

STUDY

Utilizing improvement science methods to improve physician compliance with proper hand hygiene.

White CM, Statile AM, Conway PH, et al. Pediatrics. 2012;129:e1042-e1050.

COMMENTARY

Infusing fun into quality and safety initiatives.

Foulk KC, Tocydlowski P, Snow TM, et al. Nursing. 2012;42:14-16.

BOOK/REPORT

Hand Hygiene Project: Best Practices from Hospitals Participating in the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Project.

Health Research and Educational Trust. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; 2010.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Aware in Care.

Miami, FL: National Parkinson Foundation; October 2012.

STUDY

Potential unintended consequences due to Medicare's "No Pay for Errors Rule"? A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with internal medicine residents.

Mookherjee S, Vidyarthi AR, Ranji SR, Maselli J, Wachter RM, Baron RB. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:1097-1101.

COMMENTARY

Reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.

Griffin FA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:726-731.

AWARD RECIPIENT

Achievements in eliminating healthcare-associated infections awards.

Washington, DC: US Health and Human Services and Critical Care Societies Collaborative. December 7, 2010.

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.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

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

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

TOOLS/TOOLKIT

Improving Transitions of Care: Hand-off Communications.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare; June 2012.

STUDY

Impact of participation in the California Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Initiative on adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices for patient safety and health care–associated infection rates in a cohort of acute care general hospitals.

Halpin HA, McMenamin SB, Simon LP, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2013;41:307-311.

STUDY

Getting doctors to clean their hands: lead the followers.

Haessler S, Bhagavan A, Kleppel R, Hinchey K, Visintainer P. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:499-502.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

STUDY

A July spike in fatal medication errors: a possible effect of new medical residents.

Phillips DP, Barker GEC. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:774-779.

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