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BOOK/REPORT

Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture: Staff Perspectives on American Health Care.

South Bend, IN: Press Ganey Associates, Inc: 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety.

Koppel R, Gordon S, ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; 2012. ISBN: 9780801450778.

STUDY

An organizational assessment of disruptive clinician behavior: findings and implications.

Walrath JM, Dang D, Nyberg D. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:110-121.

BOOK/REPORT

The Measurement and Monitoring of Safety.

Vincent C, Burnett S, Carthey J. London, UK: Health Foundation; April 2013. ISBN: 9781906461447.

COMMENTARY

Perspective: a culture of respect—part 1 and part 2.

Leape LL, Shore MF, Dienstag JL, et al. Acad Med. 2012;87:845-858.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Raising the index of suspicion: red flags that represent credible threats to patient safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 26, 2012;17:1-3.

STUDY

Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.

Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012;33:135-143.

BOOK/REPORT

Second Victim: Error, Guilt, Trauma, and Resilience.

Dekker S. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2013. ISBN: 9781466583412.

STUDY

Safety leadership: a meta-analytic review of transformational and transactional leadership styles as antecedents of safety behaviours.

Clarke S. J Occup Organ Psychol. 2013;86:22-49.

COMMENTARY

Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.

Romig M, Goeschel C, Pronovost P, Berenholtz SM. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010;38:114-121.

STUDY

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Patient safety climate in US hospitals: variation by management level.

Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, Baker LC. Med Care. 2008;46:1149-1156.

STUDY

Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety.

Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009;34:300-311.

STUDY

Comparing safety climate between two populations of hospitals in the United States.

Singer SJ, Hartmann CW, Hanchate A, et al. Health Serv Res. 2009;44:1563-1583.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Front-Line Ownership: Generating a Cure Mindset for Patient Safety.

Kitts J, ed. Healthcare Papers. 2013;13:1-82.

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

The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare–associated infection: results of a multisite qualitative study.

Saint S, Kowalski CP, Banaszak-Holl J, Forman J, Damschroder L, Krein SL. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010;31:901-907.

STUDY

Analysis of staff safety concerns.

Davidson J, Lamontagne G, Burnell L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:147-152.

STUDY

Patient safety climate in 92 US hospitals: differences by work area and discipline.

Singer SJ, Gaba DM, Falwell A, Lin S, Hayes J, Baker L. Med Care. 2009;47:23-31.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing violence in the health care setting.

Sentinel Event Alert. June 3, 2010;(45):1-3.

STUDY

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.

Edrees HH, Paine LA, Feroli ER, Wu AW. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2011;121:101-108.

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