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SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

CMS 30-minute rule for drug administration needs revision.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. September 9, 2010;15:1-6.

STUDY

Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of medication administration errors.

Westbrook JI, Woods A, Rob MI, Dunsmuir WTM, Day RO. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:683-690.

STUDY

Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19:2185-2195.

STUDY

Medication Administration Time Study (MATS): nursing staff performance of medication administration.

Elganzouri ES, Standish CA, Androwich I. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:204-210.

REVIEW

Work interruptions and their contribution to medication administration errors: an evidence review.

Biron AD, Loiselle CG, Lavoie-Tremblay M. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2009;6:70-86.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Guidelines for timely medication administration: response to the CMS "30-minute rule."

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 13, 2011;16:1-4.

STUDY

Adverse drug events in hospitalized cardiac patients.

Fanikos J, Cina JL, Baroletti S, Fiumara K, Matta L, Goldhaber SZ. Am J Cardiol. 2007;100:1465-1469.

STUDY

Going blank: factors contributing to interruptions to nurses' work and related outcomes.

Hall LM, Ferguson-Paré M, Peter E, et al. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:1040-1047.

STUDY

Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? An analysis of associations with safety climate and working conditions.

Taylor JA, Dominici F, Agnew J, Gerwin D, Morlock L, Miller MR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:101-111.

STUDY

Effects of technological interventions on the safety of a medication-use system.

Skibinski KA, White BA, Lin LI, Dong Y, Wu W. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:90-96.

STUDY

A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life.

Holden RJ, Scanlon MC, Patel NR, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:15-24.

STUDY

Implementing a fatigue countermeasures program for nurses: a focus group analysis.

Scott LD, Hofmeister N, Rogness N, Rogers AE. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:233-240.

STUDY

Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals.

Hamilton P, Mathur S, Gemeinhardt G, Eschiti V, Campbell M. J Nurs Admin. 2010;40:124-128.

STUDY

Nurses relate the contributing factors involved in medication errors.

Tang FI, Sheu SJ, Yu S, Wei IL, Chen CH. J Clin Nurs. 2007;16:447-457.

COMMENTARY

Interruptions and medication errors: part I.

Flanders S, Clark AP. Clin Nurse Spec. 2010;24:281-285.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Action needed to prevent dangerous heparin-insulin confusion.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 3, 2007;12:1-2.

COMMENTARY

Medication room madness: calming the chaos.

Conrad C, Fields W, McNamara T, Cone M. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;25:137-144.

STUDY

Quantifying nursing workflow in medication administration.

Keohane CA, Bane AD, Featherstone E, et al. J Nurs Admin. 2008;38:19-26.

STUDY

Hospital staff nurses' shift length associated with safety and quality of care.

Stimpfel AW, Aiken LH. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:122-129.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Prescription for success: don't bother nurses.

Colliver V. San Francisco Chronicle. October 28, 2009:A1.

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