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Medication Safety

•Side Effects/Adverse Drug Reactions (32)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (289)

•Active Errors (166)

•Latent Errors (79)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (321)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (76)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (308)

•Communication Improvement (294)

•Human Factors Engineering (201)

•Teamwork (41)

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•Medicine (660)

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COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.

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

COMMENTARY

New technology, new errors: how to prime an upgrade of an insulin infusion pump.

Rule AM, Drincic A, Galt KA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:155-162.

STUDY

Strategic work-arounds to accommodate new technology: the case of smart pumps in hospital care.

McAlearney AS, Vrontos J Jr, Schneider PJ, Curran CR, Czerwinski BS, Pedersen CA. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:75-81.

STUDY

Adopting National Quality Forum medication safe practices: progress and barriers to hospital implementation.

Rask K, Culler S, Scott T, et al. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:212-218.

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

Spreading a medication administration intervention organizationwide in six hospitals.

Kliger J, Singer S, Hoffman F, O'Neil E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:51-60.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: A Report on Quality and Safety.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; March 2007.

STUDY

Use of failure mode and effects analysis in improving the safety of i.v. drug administration.

Adachi W, Lodolce AE. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:917-920.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

IV potassium given epidurally: getting to the "route" of the problem.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 6, 2006;11:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

An extra dose of safety.

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

STUDY

The impact of traditional and smart pump infusion technology on nurse medication administration performance in a simulated inpatient unit.

Trbovich PL, Pinkney S, Cafazzo JA, Easty AC. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:430-434.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in acute care: ensuring an accurate drug regimen on admission and discharge.

Rodehaver C. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:406-413.

COMMENTARY

Not again!

Berwick DM. BMJ. 2001;322:247-248.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Do no harm: promoting patient safety.

Ellis K. Surgicenteronline.com [serial online]. May 1, 2006.

COMMENTARY

IV medication safety software implementation in a multihospital health system.

Cassano AT. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:151-156.

STUDY

Enhancing patient safety with intelligent intravenous infusion devices: experience in a specialty cardiac hospital.

Wood JL, Burnette JS. Heart Lung. 2012;41:173-176.

COMMENTARY

Best-practice protocols: Preventing adverse drug events.

Weir VL. Nurs Manage. 2005;36:24-30.

COMMENTARY

Taking aim at infusion confusion.

Burdeu G, Crawford R, van de Vreede M, McCann J. J Nurs Care Qual. 2006;21:151-159.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Practitioners agree on medication reconciliation value, but frustration and difficulties abound.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 13, 2006;11:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Technological methods used to prevent errors aren't infallible.

Santell JP. Mater Manage Health Care. December 19, 2006;15:26-28, 30.

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