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STUDY

A trigger tool fails to identify serious errors and adverse events in pediatric otolaryngology.

Lander L, Roberson DW, Plummer KM, Forbes PW, Healy GB, Shah RK. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010;143:480-486.

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Variation in surgical time-out and site marking within pediatric otolaryngology.

Shah RK, Arjmand E, Roberson DW, Deutsch E, Derkay C. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011;137:69-73.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Noah's story: please listen.

Lord T. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. March/April 2012;9:38-41,44.

STUDY

Assessment of healthcare professionals' knowledge of managing emergency complications in patients with a tracheostomy.

Casserly P, Lang E, Fenton JE, Walsh M. Br J Anaesth. 2007;99:380-383.

STUDY

Wrong-site sinus surgery in otolaryngology.

Shah RK, Nussenbaum B, Kienstra M, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010;143:37-41.

STUDY

Errors with concentrated epinephrine in otolaryngology.

Shah RK, Hoy E, Roberson DW, Nielsen D. Laryngoscope. 2008 Nov; 118: 1928-30.

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Safety on an inpatient pediatric otolaryngology service: many small errors, few adverse events.

Shah RK, Lander L, Forbes P, Jenkins K, Healy GB, Roberson DW. Laryngoscope. 2009;119:871-879.

STUDY

Audit of handover in an ENT unit.

Ellul D, Robson AK. J Laryngol Otol. 2011;125:924-927.

STUDY

Patient safety on the otolaryngology service: the role of an established rapid response system.

Oliver CL, DeVita MA, Dunwoody CJ, Johnson JT, Sok JC, Simmons RL. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:496-499.

REVIEW

Errors and adverse events in otolaryngology.

Shah RK, Roberson DW, Healy GB. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006;14:164-169.