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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (15)

•Medication Safety (67)

•Medical Complications (5)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (39)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (40)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (49)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (111)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (102)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (43)

•Patients (14)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (55)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

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•Ambulatory Care (35)

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REVIEW

Medication errors in chemotherapy: incidence, types and involvement of patients in prevention. A review of the literature.

Schwappach DLB, Wernli M. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2009;19:285-292.

REVIEW

Quality in cancer diagnosis.

Raab SS, Grzybicki DM. CA Cancer J Clin. 2010;60:139-165.

STUDY

Inaccuracies in assignment of clinical stage for localized prostate cancer.

Reese AC, Sadetsky N, Carroll PR, Cooperberg MR. Cancer. 2011;117:283-289.

COMMENTARY

Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action.

Terezakis SA, Pronovost P, Harris K, Deweese T, Ford E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:291-299.

STUDY

Checking it twice: an evaluation of checklists for detecting medication errors at the bedside using a chemotherapy model.

White RE, Trbovich PL, Easty AC, Savage P, Trip K, Hyland S. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:562-567.

COMMENTARY

Emergency response in outpatient oncology care: improving patient safety.

Schiavone R. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2009;13:440-442.

STUDY

Chemotherapy patients' perceptions of drug administration safety.

Schwappach DLB, Wernli M. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28:2896-2901.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Electronic prescribing vulnerabilities: height and weight mix-up leads to dosing error.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 26, 2010;15:1-3.

COMMENTARY

Fatal consequences of a simple mistake: how can a patient be saved from inadvertent intrathecal vincristine?

Reddy GK, Brown B, Nanda A. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011;113:68-71.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical misdiagnoses can have fatal consequences.

Olsen D. State Journal-Register. June 26, 2011.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society chemotherapy administration safety standards.

Jacobson JO, Polovich M, McNiff KK, et al; American Society of Clinical Oncology; Oncology Nursing Society. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2009;36:651-658.

COMMENTARY

Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding.

Mandelblatt J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

STUDY

The You CAN campaign: teamwork training for patients and families in ambulatory oncology.

Weingart SN, Simchowitz B, Kahlert Eng T, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:63-71.

STUDY

Am I (un)safe here? Chemotherapy patients' perspectives towards engaging in their safety.

Schwappach DLB, Wernli M. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e9.

STUDY

Reducing clinical errors in cancer education: interpreter training.

Gany FM, Gonzalez CJ, Basu G, et al. J Cancer Educ. 2010;25:560-564.

COMMENTARY

Decreasing patient misidentification before chemotherapy administration.

Spruill A, Eron B, Coghill A, Talbert G. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2009;13:716-717.

STUDY

Risk of mistaken DNR orders.

Rohrer JE, Esler WV, Saeed Q, et al. Support Care Cancer. 2006;14:871-873.

STUDY

Medication errors involving oral chemotherapy.

Weingart SN, Toro J, Spencer J, et al. Cancer. 2010;116:2455-2464.

STUDY

Using an enhanced oral chemotherapy computerized provider order entry system to reduce prescribing errors and improve safety.

Collins CM, Elsaid KA. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:36-43.

STUDY

High performance teamwork training and systems redesign in outpatient oncology.

Bunnell CA, Gross AH, Weingart SN, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:405-413.

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