AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (50)

•Diagnostic Errors (26)

•Identification Errors (25)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (219)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (33)

•Medication Safety (289)

•Medical Complications (222)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (16)

•Surgical Complications (71)

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•Psychological and Social Complications (53)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (339)

•Active Errors (144)

•Latent Errors (98)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (327)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (366)

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•Human Factors Engineering (131)

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Hospital Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (682)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1033)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (486)

•Patients (119)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1252)

•Psychiatric Facilities (4)

•Residential Facilities (7)

•Ambulatory Care (30)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

•Patient Transport (2)

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STUDY

Adoption of National Quality Forum safe practices by magnet hospitals.

Jayawardhana J, Welton JM, Lindrooth R. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:350-356.

COMMENTARY

A performance improvement plan to increase nurse adherence to use of medication safety software.

Gavriloff C. J Pediatr Nurs. 2012;27:375-382.

STUDY

Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls.

Tzeng HM, Yin CY. J Nurs Care Qual. 2008;23:34-42.

COMMENTARY

2009 National Patient Safety Goals.

Saufl NM. J Perianesth Nurs. 2009;24:114-118.

STUDY

The effect of hospital electronic health record adoption on nurse-assessed quality of care and patient safety.

Kutney-Lee A, Kelly D. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:466-472.

STUDY

Medication safety initiative in reducing medication errors.

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

STUDY

Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? An analysis of associations with safety climate and working conditions.

Taylor JA, Dominici F, Agnew J, Gerwin D, Morlock L, Miller MR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:101-111.

COMMENTARY

Increasing the use of 'smart' pump drug libraries by nurses: a continuous quality improvement project.

Harding AD. Am J Nurs. 2012;112:26-35.

STUDY

Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

COMMENTARY

Using simulation to teach nursing students and licensed clinicians obstetric emergencies.

Alderman JT. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2012;37:394-400.

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.

STUDY

Improving patient safety using the sterile cockpit principle during medication administration: a collaborative, unit-based project.

Fore AM, Sculli GL, Albee D, Neily J. J Nurs Manag. 2013;21:106-111.

COMMENTARY

Cascade iatrogenesis: factors leading to the development of adverse events in hospitalized older adults.

Thornlow DK, Anderson R, Oddone E. Int J Nurs Stud. 2009;46:1528-1535.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Scanner beep only means the barcode has been scanned.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 30, 2011;16:1-2.

AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION

When things go wrong.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Campaign Live. August 18, 2008.

REVIEW

Research on nursing handoffs for medical and surgical settings: an integrative review.

Staggers N, Blaz JW. J Adv Nurs. 2013;69:247-262.

STUDY

Lessons learned: use of event reporting by nurses to improve patient safety and quality.

Hession-Laband E, Mantell P. J Pediatr Nurs. 2011;26:149-155.

STUDY

The Daily Plan: including patients for safety's sake.

King BJ, Mills PD, Fore A, Mitchell C. Nurs Manage. 2012;43:15-18.

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.

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

STUDY

Nurse staffing and inpatient hospital mortality.

Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Pankratz VS, Leibson CL, Stevens SR, Harris M. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1037-1045.

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