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COMMENTARY

Patient safety: moving the bar in prison health care standards.

Stern MF, Greifinger RB, Mellow J. Am J Public Health. 2010;100:2103-2110.

STUDY

Organizational climate determinants of resident safety culture in nursing homes.

Arnetz JE, Zhdanova LS, Elsouhag D, Lichtenberg P, Luborsky MR, Arnetz BB. Gerontologist. 2011;51:739-749.

STUDY

Patient safety culture and the association with safe resident care in nursing homes.

Thomas KS, Hyer K, Castle NG, Branch LG, Andel R, Weech-Maldonado R. Gerontologist. 2012;52:802-811.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide.

Frampton S, Guastello S, Brady C, et al. Derby, CT: Planetree; Camden, ME: Picker Institute; 2008.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.

BOOK/REPORT

Compendium 2000-2005.

Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2006. ISBN: 1933875003.

STUDY

Quality improvement initiative to reduce serious safety events and improve patient safety culture.

Muething SE, Goudie A, Schoettker PJ, et al. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e423-e431.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Learning from the best.

Grantham D. Behav Healthc. April 2010;30:22-24.

BOOK/REPORT

Keeping the Commitment: A Progress Report on Four Early Leaders in Patient Safety Improvement.

McCarthy D, Klein S. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; March 15, 2011.

BOOK/REPORT classic

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Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine.

Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM, Wears RL, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. ISBN: 9780781777278.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Global goal: reduce medical errors.

Szabo L. USA Today. August 23, 2005.

STUDY

Measuring administrators' and direct care workers' perceptions of the safety culture in assisted living facilities.

Castle NG, Wagner LM, Sonon K, Ferguson-Rome JC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:375-385.

STUDY

Team safety and innovation by learning from errors in long-term care settings.

Buljac-Samardžić M, van Woerkom M, Paauwe J. Health Care Manag Rev. 2012;37:280-291.

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.

STUDY

Assessing resident safety culture in nursing homes: using the nursing home survey on resident safety.

Castle NG, Wagner LM, Perera S, Ferguson JC, Handler SM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:59-67.

STUDY

Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people.

Barber ND, Alldred DP, Raynor DK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:341-346.

COMMENTARY

We need leaders: the 48th Annual Rovenstine Lecture.

Pronovost PJ. Anesthesiology. 2010;112:779-785.

STUDY

Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: influence of nursing leadership on communication and teamwork.

Vogelsmeier A, Scott-Cawiezell J. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:236-242.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Medical errors and safety systems.

Pearlman MD, ed. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2010;53:471-585.

COMMENTARY

The Preventable Harm Index: an effective motivator to facilitate the drive to zero.

Brilli RJ, McClead RE Jr, Davis T, Stoverock L, Rayburn A, Berry JC. J Pediatr. 2010;157:681-683.

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