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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 things your hospital won't tell you.

Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

2011 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Hospitals.

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; April 2011.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

COMMENTARY

Reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.

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

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.

STUDY

Maintaining and sustaining the On the CUSP: Stop BSI model in Hawaii.

Lin DM, Weeks K, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ, Pham JC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:51-60.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2007.

AUDIOVISUAL

Battling hospital-acquired infections.

Gross T. "Fresh Air." National Public Radio. January 9, 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council; November 2006.

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

BOOK/REPORT

Meeting the Joint Commission's 2013 National Patient Safety Goals.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012. ISBN: 9781599407555.

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES classic

A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals.

Yokoe DS, Mermel LA, Anderson DJ, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008;29:901-994.

COMMENTARY classic

Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety.

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

BOOK/REPORT classic

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2011.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

2009 National Healthcare Quality Report.

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

COMMENTARY

Crushing Chest Pain: A Missed Opportunity.

Graber M. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

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