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COMMENTARY

Procedural Mishap: Learning Curve?

Gibbs VC, Leape LL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2003.

COMMENTARY

Did We Forget Something?

Gibbs VC. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2003.

COMMENTARY

Thin Air.

Gaba DM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2004.

COMMENTARY

Hidden Mystery.

Brunette DD. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2005.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Cap.

Schillinger D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

COMMENTARY

Perfusion safety: new initiatives and enduring principles.

Kurusz M. Perfusion. 2011;26(suppl 1):6-14.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctors see flaw in device recalls.

Kerber R. The Boston Globe. June 23, 2005;Business section:E1.

COMMENTARY

Not again!

Berwick DM. BMJ. 2001;322:247-248.

STUDY

Patient safety incidents associated with equipment in critical care: a review of reports to the UK National Patient Safety Agency.

Thomas AN, Galvin I. Anaesthesia. 2008;63:1193-1197.

COMMENTARY

Connectivity to improve patient safety.

Whitehead SF, Goldman JM. Patient Saf Qual Healthcare. January/February 2010;7:26-30.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

ALERT: reports of severe harm after intravenous administration of breast milk to infants.

ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin. July 31, 2011;11:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Pharmaceutical industry and medical device companies: part of the solution?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 16, 2006;11:1, 3.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Abbott Diabetes Care blood glucose meters.

MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; October 27, 2005.

AUDIOVISUAL

Software glitches pose new, potentially dangerous problems for medical devices.

Kennedy D. "iHealthBeat." California Healthcare Foundation. July 25, 2008.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Radiation risks of diagnostic imaging.

Sentinel Event Alert #47. August 24, 2011.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Risk of electromagnetic interference with medical telemetry systems operating in the 460-470 MHz frequency bands.

MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; November 16, 2005.

STUDY

An engineered solution to the maladministration of spinal injections.

Lawton R, Gardner P, Green B, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:492-495.

COMMENTARY

MRI suites: safety outside the bore.

Gilk T. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. September/October 2006;3:16-18, 20-21.

STUDY

Recalls and safety alerts affecting automated external defibrillators.

Shah JS, Maisel WH. JAMA. 2006;296:655-660.

STUDY

Usability study of two common defibrillators reveals hazards.

Fairbanks RJ, Caplan SH, Bishop PA, Marks AM, Shah MN. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;50:424-432.

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