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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (204)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (204)

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Evaluating an evidence-based bundle for preventing surgical site infection.

Anthony T, Murray BW, Sum-Ping JT, et al. Arch Surg. 2011;146:263-269.

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Patient characteristics and the occurrence of never events.

Fry DE, Pine M, Jones BL, Meimban RJ. Arch Surg. 2010;145:148-151.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line–associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units, 1997-2007.

Burton DC, Edwards JR, Horan TC, Jernigan JA, Fridkin SK. JAMA. 2009;301:727-736.

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The impact of resident duty hour reform on hospital readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries.

Press MJ, Silber JH, Rosen AK, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:405-411.

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Effect of illness severity and comorbidity on patient safety and adverse events.

Naessens J, Campbell CR, Shah N, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:48-57.

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The ability of intensive care units to maintain zero central line–associated bloodstream infections.

Lipitz-Snyderman A, Needham DM, Colantuoni E, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:856-858.

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What happens between visits? Adverse and potential adverse events among a low-income, urban, ambulatory population with diabetes.

Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:223-228.

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Improving situation awareness to reduce unrecognized clinical deterioration and serious safety events.

Brady PW, Muething S, Kotagal U, et al. Pediatrics. 2013;131:e298-e308.

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Validating the Patient Safety Indicators in the Veterans Health Administration: do they accurately identify true safety events?

Rosen AK, Itani KM, Cevasco M, et al. Med Care. 2012;50:74-85.

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The safety of hospital stroke care.

Holloway RG, Tuttle D, Baird T, Skelton WK. Neurology. 2007;68:550-555.

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A 5-year analysis of rapid response system activation at an in-hospital haemodialysis unit.

Galhotra S, Devita MA, Dew MA, Simmons RL. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e38.

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Acquisition of critical intraoperative event management skills in novice anesthesiology residents by using high-fidelity simulation-based training.

Park CS, Rochlen LR, Yaghmour E, et al. Anesthesiology. 2010;112:202-211.

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Patient safety factors in children dying in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU): a case notes review study.

Monroe K, Wang D, Vincent C, Woloshynowych M, Neale G, Inwald DP. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:863-868.

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Measuring communication in the surgical ICU: better communication equals better care.

Williams M, Hevelone N, Alban RF, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2010;210:17-22.

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Teamwork behaviours and errors during neonatal resuscitation.

Williams AL, Lasky RE, Dannemiller JL, Andrei AM, Thomas EJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:60-64.

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Complications and death at the start of the new academic year: is there a July phenomenon?

Inaba K, Recinos G, Teixeira PGR, et al. J Trauma. 2010;68:19-22.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Eighth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Reed K, May R. Denver, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2011.

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Quantification of anesthesia providers' hand hygiene in a busy metropolitan operating room: what would Semmelweis think?

Biddle C, Shah J. Am J Infect Control. 2012;40:756-759.

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Comprehensive stroke centers overcome the weekend versus weekday gap in stroke treatment and mortality.

McKinney JS, Deng Y, Kasner SE, Kostis JB; Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 15) Study Group. Stroke. 2011;42:2403-2409.

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Patient safety measures in burn care: do national reporting systems accurately reflect quality of burn care?

Mandell SP, Robinson EF, Cooper CL, Klein MB, Gibran NS. J Burn Care Res. 2010;31:125-129.

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