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•Device-related Complications (47)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (221)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (33)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (340)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (313)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (677)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (984)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (456)

•Patients (114)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1204)

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COMMENTARY

Missed Appendicitis.

Adams JG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

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Dangerous Dapsone.

Bookwalter T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

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No Blood, Please.

Liang BA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2004.

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Too Tight Control.

Rubin HR, Fajtova VT. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2004.

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The Dropped Lung.

Heffner JE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

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Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Leads to Fatal Error.

Bellini LM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

COMMENTARY

Lost in the Black Hole.

Wachter RM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2003.

STUDY

An exploratory study measuring verbal order content and context.

Wakefield DS, Brokel J, Ward MM, Schwichtenberg T, Groath D, Kolb M, Davis JW, Crandall D. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:169-173.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Vertigo.

Furman JM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

STUDY

Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary.

O'Leary KJ, Liebovitz SM, Feinglass J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:219-225.

STUDY

Detecting unapproved abbreviations in the electronic medical record.

Capraro A, Stack A, Harper MB, Kimia A. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:178-183.

COMMENTARY

Don't Push.

Meltzer HY. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2003.

BOOK/REPORT

Lucado J, Paez K, Elixhauser A. HCUP Statistical Brief #109. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2011.

COMMENTARY

Autopsy Revelation.

Shojania KG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

REVIEW

Hospital-initiated transitional care interventions as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Rennke S, Nguyen OK, Shoeb MH, Magan Y, Wachter RM, Ranji SR. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):433-440.

COMMENTARY

Transfusion "Slip".

Kaplan HS. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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.

STUDY

The effects of a 'discharge time-out' on the quality of hospital discharge summaries.

Mohta N, Vaishnava P, Liang C, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:885-890.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing errors relating to commonly used anticoagulants.

Sentinel Event Alert. September 24, 2008;(41):1-4.

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