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NEWSLETTER/JOURNAL

Global Patient Safety Challenge NewsAlert.

World Health Organization.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Peberdy MA, Cretikos M, Abella BS, et al; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation; American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee; Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care; Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Circulation. 2007;116:2481-2500.

STUDY

Variation in 17 obstetric care pathways: potential danger for health professionals and patient safety?

Sarrechia M, Van Gerven E, Hermans L, et al. J Adv Nurs. 2013;69:278-285.

STUDY

Factors predictive of intravenous fluid administration errors in Australian surgical care wards.

Han PY, Coombes ID, Green B. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:179-184.

COMMENTARY

Crisis management during anaesthesia: the development of an anaesthetic crisis management manual.

Runciman WB, Kluger MT, Morris RW, Paix AD, Watterson LM, Webb RK. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:e1.

BOOK/REPORT

Vincristine: Learning from Error Workshop.

World Alliance for Patient Safety. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2008.