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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.

AUDIOVISUAL

How a simple checklist can dramatically reduce medical errors.

Pronovost PJ. On Call. IHI Open School for Health Professionals. November 3, 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council; November 2006.

TOOLKIT

Making Strides in Safety.

Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.

STUDY

Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients.

Harbarth S, Fankhauser C, Schrenzel J, et al. JAMA. 2008;299:1149-1157.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health for life. Keys to safer hospitals.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Reducing Colorectal Surgical Site Infections.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Center for Transforming Health Care. Chicago, IL: American College of Surgeons. November 2012.

STUDY

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.

COMMENTARY

Understanding national coverage policies. Navigating the maze of HACs, serious reportable events, and wrong surgical sites.

Cook J, D'Amato C, Garrett G, Ruhnau-Gee B, Hyde L, Novak N. J AHIMA. 2009;80:62-64.

COMMENTARY

Staggered Sensitivity Results

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

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.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Preventing Infections in the Hospital—What You As a Patient Can Do.

Chicago, IL: National Patient Safety Foundation.

COMMENTARY

Environmental Safety in the OR.

Linkin DR, Lautenbach E. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

STUDY

Analysis of adverse events in pediatric surgery using criteria validated from the adult population: justifying the need for pediatric-focused outcome measures.

Rice-Townsend S, Hall M, Jenkins KJ, Roberson DW, Rangel SJ. J Pediatr Surg. 2010;45:1126-1136.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Preventing infections: how Portland hospitals compare.

Rojas-Burke J. The Oregonian. May 8, 2010.

STUDY

Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project measures and the association with postoperative infections.

Stulberg JJ, Delaney CP, Neuhauser DV, Aron DC, Fu P, Koroukian SM. JAMA. 2010;303:2479-2485.

STUDY

Effectiveness of an information technology intervention to improve prophylactic antibacterial use in the postoperative period.

Haynes K, Linkin DR, Fishman NO, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:164-168.

STUDY

Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: as simple as 1-2-3?

Meeks DW, Lally KP, Carrick MM, et al. Am J Surg. 2011;201:76-83.

STUDY

Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections.

Wick EC, Hobson DB, Bennett JL, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2012;215;193-200.

STUDY

Supplemental perioperative oxygen and the risk of surgical wound infection: a randomized controlled trial.

Belda FJ, Aguilera L, García de la Asunción J, et al; Spanish Reduccion de la Tasa de Infeccion Quirurgica Group. JAMA. 2005;294:2035-2042.

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