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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Guidelines for timely medication administration: response to the CMS "30-minute rule."

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 13, 2011;16:1-4.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Design for reliability: barcoded medication administration.

Hayden AC, Lanoue ET, Still CJ. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. July/August 2011;8:12-20.

STUDY

Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19:2185-2195.

STUDY

No interruptions please: impact of a no interruption zone on medication safety in intensive care units.

Anthony K, Wiencek C, Bauer C, Daly B, Anthony MK. Crit Care Nurse. 2010;30:21-29.

REVIEW

Medication administration technologies and patient safety: a mixed-method systematic review.

Wulff K, Cummings GG, Marck P, Yurtseven O. J Adv Nurs. 2011;67:2080-2095.

STUDY

Nurses relate the contributing factors involved in medication errors.

Tang FI, Sheu SJ, Yu S, Wei IL, Chen CH. J Clin Nurs. 2007;16:447-457.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health IT implementation stories: HANDS care plan tool seeks to improve nurse communication at handoff in AHRQ-funded study.

AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology.

STUDY

Benefits of direct observation in medication administration to detect errors.

Diaz-Navarlaz T, Pronovost P, Beortegui E, Segui-Gomez M. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:200-207.

COMMENTARY

Implementing a safe and reliable process for medication administration.

Richardson B, Bromirski B, Hayden A. Clin Nurse Spec. 2012;26:169-176.

COMMENTARY

Patient Mix-Up.

Shojania KG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2003.

STUDY

A secondary care nursing perspective on medication administration safety.

McBride-Henry K, Foureur M. J Adv Nurs. 2007;60:58-66.

STUDY

Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals.

Hamilton P, Mathur S, Gemeinhardt G, Eschiti V, Campbell M. J Nurs Admin. 2010;40:124-128.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

An extra dose of safety.

Health Manage Techol. April 2007;28:30-32, 34.

STUDY

Implementing a fatigue countermeasures program for nurses: a focus group analysis.

Scott LD, Hofmeister N, Rogness N, Rogers AE. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:233-240.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety: examining the adequacy of the 5 rights of medication administration.

Macdonald M. Clin Nurse Spec. 2010;24:196-201.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The State of the Science on Safe Medication Administration.

Am J Nurs. March 2005;105(suppl 3):1-47.

STUDY

Detection and prevention of medication errors using real-time bedside nurse charting.

Nelson NC, Evans RS, Samore MH, Gardner RM. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005;12:390-397.

REVIEW

Review: bringing patient safety to the forefront through structured computerisation during clinical handover.

Matic J, Davidson PM, Salamonson Y. J Clin Nurs. 2011;20:184-189.

STUDY

Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of medication administration errors.

Westbrook JI, Woods A, Rob MI, Dunsmuir WTM, Day RO. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:683-690.

STUDY

Work-arounds and artifacts during transition to a computer physician order entry: what they are and what they mean.

Schoville RR. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24:316-324.

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