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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Anticoagulant safety takes center stage in 2007.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 11, 2007;12:1-3.

COMMENTARY

Double Dosing, by the Rules

Cohen H. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February/March 2009.

COMMENTARY

Random safety auditing, root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis.

Ursprung R, Gray J. Clin Perinatol. 2010;37:141-165.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

BOOK/REPORT classic

The Basics of FMEA.

McDermott RE, Mikulak RJ, Beauregard MR. Portland, OR: Resources Engineering, Inc.; 1996.

COMMENTARY

Radiology failure mode and effect analysis: what is it?

Abujudeh HH, Kaewlai R. Radiology. 2009;252:544-550.

BOOK/REPORT

Strategies and tips for maximizing failure mode and effect analysis in your organization.

Chicago, IL: American Society of Healthcare Risk Management; 2002.

STUDY

Evaluation of safety in a radiation oncology setting using failure mode and effects analysis.

Ford EC, Gaudette R, Myers L, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009;74:852-858.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Keeping our Promises: Research, Practice, and Policy Issues in Health Care Reliability.

Health Serv Res. 2006;41:1535-1720.

STUDY

Follow-up study of medication errors reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

Varricchio F, Reed J, and the VAERS Working Group. South Med J. 2006;99:486-489.

COMMENTARY

Best-practice protocols: Preventing adverse drug events.

Weir VL. Nurs Manage. 2005;36:24-30.

STUDY

Utilising improvement science methods to optimise medication reconciliation.

White CM, Schoettker PJ, Conway PH, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:372-380.

COMMENTARY

Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action.

Terezakis SA, Pronovost P, Harris K, Deweese T, Ford E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:291-299.

COMMENTARY

Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.

Crane J, Crane FG. Hosp Top. Fall 2006;84:3-8.

BOOK/REPORT

2009 Utah Sentinel Events Data Report.

Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health, Utah Hospitals & Health Systems Association, and HealthInsight; March 10, 2010.

STUDY

Identifying vulnerabilities in communication in the emergency department.

Redfern E, Brown R, Vincent CA. Emerg Med J. 2009;26:653-657.

COMMENTARY

A practical guide to Failure Mode and Effects Analysis in health care: making the most of the team and its meetings.

Ashley L, Armitage G, Neary M, Hollingsworth G. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:351-358.

COMMENTARY

Key performance outcomes of patient safety curricula: root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and structured communications skills.

Fassett WE. Am J Pharm Educ. 2011;75:164.

TOOLKIT

Looking Collectively at Risk.

Pathways for Medication Safety Tool #2. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; 2003.

STUDY

Potentially inappropriate prescribing for elderly patients in 2 outpatient settings.

Maio V, Hartmann CW, Poston S, Liu-Chen X, Diamond J, Arenson C. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21:162-168.

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