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BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.
Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2012.
BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
COMMENTARY
Learning accountability for patient outcomes.
Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.
COMMENTARY
The Result Stopped Here.
Astion M. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.
BOOK/REPORT
2009 National Healthcare Quality Report.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 10-0003.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Standardization Projects.
Washington State Hospital Association.
COMMENTARY
Inappropriate Antibiotic Use.
Babcock HM, Fraser VJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.
BOOK/REPORT
MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality 2010 Annual Report.
Lansing, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association; October 2010.
BOOK/REPORT
To Err Is Human—But Don't Expect to Get Paid For It.
ASQ Quarterly Quality Report. Milwaukee, WI: American Society of Quality; October 2008.
COMMENTARY
Environmental Safety in the OR.
Linkin DR, Lautenbach E. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.
COMMENTARY
What Was in Those Platelets?
Yomtovian R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2008.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Culture of resistance.
Berens MJ, Armstrong K. Seattle Times. November 16-18, 2008.
STUDY
Health care–associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005–2008.
Kallen AJ, Mu Y, Bulens S, et al; Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) MRSA Investigators of the Emerging Infections Program. JAMA. 2010;304:641-648.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Healthcare-Associated Infections.
Healthc Pap. 2009;9(3):1-62.
COMMENTARY
Connie's Story: A Nurse's Personal Experience with MRSA
AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2008
COMMENTARY
Unintended transplantation of three organs from an HIV-positive donor: report of the analysis of an adverse event in a regional health care service in Italy.
Bellandi T, Albolino S, Tartaglia R, Filipponi F. Transplant Proc. 2010;42:2187-2189.
COMMENTARY
Case study: preventing surgical complications at Baystate Medical Center.
Fitzgerald J, Kanter G, Benjamin E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:666-671.
COMMENTARY
As she lay dying: how I fought to stop medical errors from killing my mom.
Welch JR. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31:2817-2820.
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Solutions for Patient Safety.
Ohio Business Roundtable. 41 S. High Street, Suite 2240, Columbus, OH, 43215.
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African Partnerships for Patient Safety.
Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization.
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