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COMMENTARY

Retrieval medicine: a review and guide for UK practitioners. Part 2: safety in patient retrieval systems.

Hearns S, Shirley PJ. Emerg Med J. 2006;23:943-947.

GRANT RECIPIENT

Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2008.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes. Updated edition.

Wachter R, Shojania K. New York, NY: Rugged Land; 2005. ISBN: 1590710738.

COMMENTARY

X-ray Flip.

Shapiro MJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

STUDY

Improving handoff communications in critical care: utilizing simulation-based training toward process improvement in managing patient risk.

Berkenstadt H, Haviv Y, Tuval A, et al. Chest. 2008;134:158-162.

COMMENTARY classic

Shaping systems for better behavioral choices: lessons learned from a fatal medication error.

Smetzer J, Baker C, Byrne FD, Cohen MR. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:152-163, 1AP-2AP.

COMMENTARY

Difficult Encounters: A CMO and CNO Respond

Ring EJ, Hirsch JE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2009.

REVIEW

Interventions to improve team effectiveness: a systematic review.

Buljac-Samardzic M, Dekker-van Doorn CM, van Wijngaarden JDH, van Wijk KP. Health Policy. 2010;94:183-195.

STUDY

Supporting a psychiatric hospital culture of safety.

Mahoney JS, Ellis TE, Garland G, Palyo N, Greene PK. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2012;18:299-306.

STUDY

Determination of health-care teamwork training competencies: a Delphi study.

Clay-Williams R, Braithwaite J. Int J Qual Health Care. 2009;21:433-440.

REVIEW

Teamwork in obstetric critical care.

Guise JM, Segel S. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2008;22:937-951.

COMMENTARY

Intubation Mishap.

Weinger MB, Blike GT. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2003.

COMMENTARY

Enhancing Patient Safety During Hand-Offs: Standardized communication and teamwork using the 'SBAR' method.

Hohenhaus S, Powell S, Hohenhaus JT. Am J Nurs. 2006;106:72A-72B.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standardizing safety.

Meyers S. Trustee. July/August 2006;59:12, 14, 21.

REVIEW

Outcomes of classroom-based team training interventions for multiprofessional hospital staff. A systematic review.

Rabøl LI, Østergaard D, Mogensen T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e27.

STUDY

Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project.

Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:346-350.

STUDY

Persistence of unsafe practice in everyday work: an exploration of organizational and psychological factors constraining safety in the operating room.

Espin S, Lingard L, Baker GR, Regehr G. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:165-170.

COMMENTARY

The Missing Suction Tip.

Thomas EJ, Moore FA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2003.

STUDY

Team training in the neonatal resuscitation program for interns: teamwork and quality of resuscitations.

Thomas EJ, Williams AL, Reichman EF, Lasky RE, Crandell S, Taggart WR. Pediatrics. 2010;125:539-546.

STUDY

Target-focused medical emergency team training using a human patient simulator: effects on behaviour and attitude.

Wallin CJ, Meurling L, Hedman L, Hedegard J, Fellander-Tsai L. Med Educ. 2007;41:173-180.

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