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TOOLS/TOOLKIT

Introduction to Trigger Tools for Identifying Adverse Events.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

STUDY

Patterns in nursing home medication errors: disproportionality analysis as a novel method to identify quality improvement opportunities.

Hansen RA, Cornell PY, Ryan PB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Greene SB. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:1087-1094.

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.

COMMENTARY

Unreported errors in the intensive care unit: a case study of the way we work.

Henneman EA. Crit Care Nurse. 2007;27:27-34.

STUDY

Emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events: demonstration for a national surveillance system.

Budnitz DS, Pollock DA, Mendelsohn AB, Weidenbach KN, McDonald AK, Annest JL. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;45:197-206.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

2005 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals.

Huntingdon Valley, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Technological methods used to prevent errors aren't infallible.

Santell JP. Mater Manage Health Care. December 19, 2006;15:26-28, 30.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Mistakes, some deadly, haunt county jails.

Carter M. Seattle Times. March 9, 2007:A1.

STUDY

Drug errors and related interventions reported by United States clinical pharmacists: The American College of Clinical Pharmacy Practice-Based Research Network medication error detection, amelioration and prevention study.

Kuo GM, Touchette DR, Marinac JS; American College of Clinical Pharmacy Practice-Based Research Network Collaborative. Pharmacotherapy. 2013;33:253-265.

STUDY

Medication errors and response bias: the tip of the iceberg.

Bar-Oz B, Goldman M, Lahat E, et al. Isr Med Assoc J. 2008;10:771-774.

STUDY

Rate, causes and reporting of medication errors in Jordan: nurses' perspectives.

Mrayyan MT, Shishani K, Al-Faouri I. J Nurs Manag. Sep 2007;15:659-670.

STUDY

Reevaluating the safety profile of pediatrics: a comparison of computerized adverse drug event surveillance and voluntary reporting in the pediatric environment.

Ferranti J, Horvath MM, Cozart H, Whitehurst J, Eckstrand J. Pediatrics. 2008;121:e1201-e1207.

STUDY

Medication safety program reduces adverse drug events in a community hospital.

Cohen MM, Kimmel NL, Benage MK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:169-174.

STUDY

Adverse drug events among hospitalized Medicare patients: epidemiology and national estimates from a new approach to surveillance.

Classen DC, Jaser L, Budnitz DS. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:12-21, AP1-AP9.

STUDY

Adverse drug event reporting in intensive care units: a survey of current practices.

Kane-Gill SL, Devlin JW. Ann Pharmacother. 2006;40:1267-73.

REVIEW

Systematic review of medication safety assessment methods.

Meyer-Massetti C, Cheng CM, Schwappach DL, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:227-240.

STUDY

Implementation of medication error reporting through Med Safe Tool: the clinical pharmacists and the inpatient nursing staff collaborative approach.

Elnour AA, Ellahham NH, Al Qassas HI. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:177-183.

STUDY

Internal reporting system to improve a pharmacy's medication distribution process.

Rickrode GA, Williams-Lowe ME, Rippe JL, Theriault RH Jr. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:1197-1202.

STUDY

Anatomy of a patient safety event: a pediatric patient safety taxonomy.

Woods DM, Johnson J, Holl JL, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:422-427.

STUDY

Reporting trends in a regional medication error data-sharing system.

Anderson JG, Ramanujam R, Hensel DJ, Sirio CA. Health Care Manag Sci. 2010;13:74-83.

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