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STUDY

Quantitative assessment of workload and stressors in clinical radiation oncology.

Mazur LM, Mosaly PR, Jackson M, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012;83:e571-e576.

STUDY

Factors associated with medication errors in the pediatric emergency department.

Vilà-de-Muga M, Colom-Ferrer L, Gonzàlez-Herrero M, Luaces-Cubells C. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011;27:290-294.

STUDY

Bariatric surgery with operating room teams that stayed fixed during the day: a multicenter study analyzing the effects on patient outcomes, teamwork and safety climate, and procedure duration.

Stepaniak PS, Heij C, Buise MP, Mannaerts GHH, Smulders JF, Nienhuijs SW. Anesth Analg. 2012;115:1384-1392.

COMMENTARY

A 60-year-old man with delayed care for a renal mass.

Schiff GD. JAMA. 2011;305:1890-1898.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Taking risky business out of the MRI suite.

Rozovsky FA, Gilk TB, Latino RJ. Mater Manag Health Care. 2006;15:18-23.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Maternity ward at Highland under fire from patients.

Vesely R. Inside Bay Area. December 28, 2006.

STUDY

Critical phase distractions in anaesthesia and the sterile cockpit concept.

Broom MA, Capek AL, Carachi P, Akeroyd MA, Hilditch G. Anaesthesia. 2011;66:175-179.

STUDY

What is the safety of nonemergent operative procedures performed at night?

Turrentine FE, Wang H, Young JS, Calland JF. J Trauma. 2010;69:313-319.

REVIEW

Avoiding wrong site surgery: a systematic review.

DeVine J, Chutkan N, Norvell DC, Dettori JR. Spine. 2010;35(suppl 9):S28-S36.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety.

Sixth Report of Session 2008–09. House of Commons Health Committee. London, England: The Stationery Office; July 3, 2009. Publication HC 151-I.

STUDY

Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services.

Chasin BS, Elliott SP, Klotz SA. Am J Med. 2007;120:819.e9-11.

STUDY

Antecedents of severe and nonsevere medication errors.

Chang YK, Mark BA. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2009;41:70-78.

STUDY

Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.

Taylor DM, Robinson J, MacLeod D, MacBean CE, Braitberg G. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009;33:388-394.

STUDY

Safety of using a computerized rounding and sign-out system to reduce resident duty hours.

Van Eaton EG, McDonough K, Lober WB, Johnson EA, Pellegrini CA, Horvath KD. Acad Med. 2010;85:1189-1195.

STUDY

House staff team workload and organization effects on patient outcomes in an academic general internal medicine inpatient service.

Ong M, Bostrom A, Vidyarthi A, McCulloch C, Auerbach A. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:47-52.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with…Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

STUDY

Patient safety in Taiwan: a survey on orthopedic surgeons.

Yang CT, Chen HH, Hou SM. J Formos Med Assoc. 2007;106:212-216.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Improving the Health Care Work Environment.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. November 2007;33(suppl 1):3-84.

REVIEW

Missed breast cancers at US-guided core needle biopsy: how to reduce them.

Youk JH, Kim EK, Kim MJ, Lee JY, Oh KK. Radiographics. 2007;27:79-94.

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.

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