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BOOK/REPORT

National Priorities and Goals: Aligning Our Efforts to Transform America's Healthcare.

National Priorities Partnership. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2008. ISBN: 1933875194.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 things your hospital won't tell you.

Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Shared MDIs: can cross-contamination be avoided?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 9, 2009;14:1-3.

REVIEW

Nonhospital health care–associated hepatitis B and C virus transmission: United States, 1998-2008.

Thompson ND, Perz JF, Moorman AC, Holmberg SD. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:33-39.

TOOLKIT

Making Strides in Safety.

Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.

STUDY

Comparison of computerized surveillance and manual chart review for adverse events.

Tinoco A, Evans RS, Staes CJ, Lloyd JF, Rothschild JM, Haug PJ. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:491-497.

BOOK/REPORT

Back to Basics.

Gima Z, Gosselar P, Levine A, Lincoln T, Ramirez A. Washington, DC: Public Citizen; August 6, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health for life. Keys to safer hospitals.

Berwick DM. Newsweek. December 12, 2005;46:75-78.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

STUDY

Injection practices among clinicians in United States health care settings.

Pugliese G, Gosnell C, Bartley JM, Robinson S. Am J Infect Control. 2010;38:789-798.

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.

COMMENTARY

Learning accountability for patient outcomes.

Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Don't let a hospital make you sick.

Mishori R. Parade Magazine. February 8, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How business intelligence can improve patient safety.

Wanless S, McManaway J. Business Intelligence Network. August 30, 2005.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

STUDY

Intervention to reduce transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care.

Huskins WC, Huckabee CM, O'Grady NP, et al; STAR*ICU Trial Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1407-1418.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Information for healthcare professionals: risk of transmission of blood-borne pathogens from shared use of insulin pens.

FDA Alert [US Food and Drug Administration Web site]. March 19, 2009.

COMMENTARY

Staggered Sensitivity Results

Guglielmo BJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Improving Health Care Quality.

Wisc Med J. 2006:105;1-86.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety.

Matlow A, Laxer RM, eds. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2006;53:1053-1267.

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