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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.

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. 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.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Proceedings from the ISMP Sterile Preparation Compounding Safety Summit: Guidelines for SAFE Preparation of Sterile Compounds.

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2013.

STUDY

Medication prescribing errors involving the route of administration.

Lesar TS. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1053-1066.

STUDY

Risk of medication errors at hospital discharge and barriers to problem resolution.

Enguidanos SM, Brumley RD. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2005;24:123-135.

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Medication errors in acute cardiovascular and stroke patients. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Michaels AD, Spinler SA, Leeper B, et al; American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative, and Resuscitation, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Stroke Council. Circulation. 2010;121:1664-1682.

STUDY

Use of a standardized protocol to decrease medication errors and adverse events related to sliding scale insulin.

Donihi AC, DiNardo MM, DeVita MA, Korytkowski MT. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:89-91.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Eliminating insulin errors: RPhs share tricks.

Cassell DK. Drug Topics: Health-System Edition. March 20, 2006.

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.

REVIEW

Clinical dilemmas and a review of strategies to manage drug shortages.

Rider AE, Templet DJ, Daley MJ, Shuman C, Smith LV. J Pharm Pract. 2013 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print].

REVIEW

The National Quality Forum safe practice standard for computerized physician order entry: updating a critical patient safety practice.

Kilbridge PM, Classen D, Bates DW, Denham CR. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:183-190.

COMMENTARY

Safe medication prescribing and monitoring in the outpatient setting.

Shojania KG. CMAJ. 2006;174:1257-1258.

COMMENTARY

Improving safety throughout the medication use process in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Asdigha MN. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1067-1075.

STUDY

The effect of the fit between organizational culture and structure on medication errors in medical group practices.

Kaissi A, Kralewski J, Dowd B, Heaton A. Health Care Manage Rev. 2007;32:12-21.

STUDY

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The long road to patient safety: a status report on patient safety systems.

Longo DR, Hewett JE, Ge B, Schubert S. JAMA. 2005;294:2858-2865.

STUDY

A paradigm shift to balance safety and quality in pediatric pain management.

Avansino JR, Peters LM, Stockfish SL, Walco GA. Pediatrics. 2013;131:e921-e927.

COMMENTARY

Miscalculated Risk

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

STUDY

In-house, overnight physician staffing: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian adult and pediatric intensive care units.

Parshuram CS, Kirpalani H, Mehta S, Granton J, Cook D, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:1674-78.

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