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COMMENTARY

Mark My Limb.

O'Leary DS, Jacott WE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.

COMMENTARY

Perfusion safety: new initiatives and enduring principles.

Kurusz M. Perfusion. 2011;26(suppl 1):6-14.

COMMENTARY

The Inside of a Time Out

Feldman DL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2008.

STUDY

A comprehensive obstetrics patient safety program improves safety climate and culture.

Pettker CM, Thung SF, Raab CA, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:216.e1-e6.

STUDY

Postoperative sepsis in the United States.

Vogel TR, Dombrovskiy VY, Carson JL, Graham AM, Lowry SF. Ann Surg. 2010;252:1065-1071.

STUDY

Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline after bundles and checklists.

Schulman J, Stricof R, Stevens TP, et al; New York State Regional Perinatal Care Centers. Pediatrics. 2011;127:436-444.

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

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Bringing surgeons down to earth.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). November 16, 2005:D1.

STUDY

Impact of a comprehensive patient safety strategy on obstetric adverse events.

Pettker CM, Thung SF, Norwitz ER, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 May;200:492.e1-8.

STUDY

Identifying opportunities for quality improvement in surgical site infection prevention.

Gagliardi AR, Eskicioglu C, McKenzie M, Fenech D, Nathens A, McLeod R. Am J Infect Control. 2009;37:398-402.

COMMENTARY

Implementing the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist: a model for future perioperative initiatives.

Styer KA, Ashley SW, Schmidt S, Zive EM, Eappen S. AORN J. 2011;94:590-598.

REVIEW

Systematic review of safety checklists for use by medical care teams in acute hospital settings—limited evidence of effectiveness.

Ko HCH, Turner TJ, Finnigan MA. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:211.

COMMENTARY

Crises in clinical care: an approach to management.

Runciman WB, Merry AF. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:156-163.

COMMENTARY

Surgical site verification: A through Z.

Dunn D. J Perianesth Nurs. 2006;21:317-328.

STUDY

Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery.

Makary MA, Mukherjee A, Sexton BJ, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204:236-243.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety in ASCs: putting patients first.

Dix K. Today's Surgicenter. December 1, 2006.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Safe Site Invasive Procedure—Non-Operating Room.

Bloomington, MN: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; 2010.

STUDY

Surgical confusions in ophthalmology.

Simon JW, Ngo Y, Khan S, Strogatz D. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125:1515-1522.

STUDY

Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement.

Altpeter T, Luckhardt K, Lewis JN, Harken AH, Polk HC Jr. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204:527-532.

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