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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO tightens leash on medication reconciliation.

Perry LE. Drug Topics: Health-System Edition. March 20, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Developing and implementing new safe practices: voluntary adoption through statewide collaboratives.

Leape LL, Rogers G, Hanna D, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:289-295.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Using medication reconciliation to prevent errors.

Sentinel Event Alert. January 25, 2006;(35):1-4.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Guiding Principles to Achieve Continuity in Medication Management.

Canberra, Australia: Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council; July 2005. ISBN: 0642825971.

STUDY

National Quality Forum 30 safe practices: priority and progress in Iowa hospitals.

Ward MM, Evans TC, Spies AJ, Roberts LL, Wakefield DS. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21:101-108.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Technical patient safety solutions for medicines reconciliation on admission of adults to hospital.

London, UK: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; 2007.

STUDY

A multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections.

McMullan C, Propper G, Schuhmacher C, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:61-69.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

National Patient Safety Goals.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; 2011.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES classic

A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals.

Yokoe DS, Mermel LA, Anderson DJ, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008;29:901-994.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals save money, but safety is questioned.

Klein A. The Washington Post. December 11, 2005:A01.

COMMENTARY

Disruptive clinician behavior: a persistent threat to patient safety.

Porto G, Lauve R. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. July/August 2006;3:16-24.

BOOK/REPORT

Recommendations for Safe Use of Insulin in Hospitals.

Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; 2006.

STUDY

Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices.

Brooke BS, Dominici F, Pronovost PJ, Makary MA, Schneider E, Pawlik TM. Surgery. 2012;151:651-659.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

"Save Lives Now" project.

Hospitals and Health Networks.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Accuracy at every step: the challenge of medication reconciliation.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web site. March 20, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

USP initiatives for the safe use of medical gases.

Zaidi K, Curry PD Jr, Becker SC. Pharmaceutical Technology. November 2, 2005;29:102-103.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A clinical reminder about the safe use of insulin vials.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 21, 2013;18:1-3.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

AORN guidance statement: "do-not-use" abbreviations, acronyms, dosage designations, and symbols.

AORN J. 2006;84:489-492.

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