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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Promethazine conundrum: IV can hurt more than IM injection!

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 2, 2006;11:1-3.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Medication safety issue brief. Counterfeit drug prevention and identification.

American Hospital Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Hospitals and Health Networks. Hosp Health Netw. August 2005;79.29-30.

COMMENTARY

Miscalculated Risk

Strassels SA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. August 2006.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:725-728.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Medication safety issue brief. Bar code implementation strategies.

American Hospital Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Hospitals and Health Networks. Hosp Health Netw. July 2005;79:65-66.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Tablet splitting: Do it only if you "half" to, and then do it safely.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 18, 2006;11:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety in ASCs: putting patients first.

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

STUDY

Excess dosing of antiplatelet and antithrombin agents in the treatment of non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.

Alexander KP, Chen AY, Roe MT, et al; CRUSADE Investigators. JAMA. 2005;294:3108-3116.

COMMENTARY

It's All in the Syringe

Weingart SN. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. August 2006.

STUDY

Using a preprinted order sheet to reduce prescription errors in a pediatric emergency department: a randomized, controlled trial.

Kozer E, Scolnik D, MacPherson A, Rauchwerger D, Koren G. Pediatrics. 2005;116:1299-1302.

REVIEW

Coordinating care across diseases, settings, and clinicians: a key role for the generalist in practice.

Stille CJ, Jerant A, Bell D, Meltzer D, Elmore JG. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:700-708.

TOOLKIT

ISMP and FDA campaign to eliminate use of error-prone abbreviations.

Huntington Valley, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

STUDY

Effect of antiseptic handwashing vs alcohol sanitizer on health care-associated infections in neonatal intensive care units.

Larson EL, Cimiotti J, Haas J, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:377-383.

STUDY

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly veterans: are we using the wrong drug, wrong dose, or wrong duration?

Pugh MJ, Fincke BG, Bierman AS, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53:1282-1289.

COMMENTARY

A nurse-led approach to developing and implementing a collaborative count policy.

Norton EK, Micheli AJ, Gedney J, Felkerson TM. AORN J. 2012;95:222-227.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Statement on the prevention of retained foreign bodies after surgery.

Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons; October 2005.

STUDY

Adopting National Quality Forum medication safe practices: progress and barriers to hospital implementation.

Rask K, Culler S, Scott T, et al. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:212-218.

STUDY

Risk factors for adverse drug events: a 10-year analysis.

Evans RS, Lloyd JF, Stoddard GJ, Nebeker JR, Samore MH. Ann Pharmacother. 2005;39:1161-1168.

TOOLKIT

Checklist/Action Plan for the Management of High-Alert Medications.

Appendix 1G In: Leading a Strategic Planning Effort: Pathways for Medication Safety. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; 2002.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Clear liquids may place patients at risk.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2005;2:29-31.

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