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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Don't underestimate the impact of change on risk potential.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. September 11, 2008;13:1-3.

STUDY

Educational strategy to reduce medication errors in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Campino A, Lopez-Herrera MC, Lopez-de-Heredia I, Valls-i-Soler A. Acta Paediatr. 2009;98:782-785.

STUDY

Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely.

Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2012;97:F120-F126.

STUDY

Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program.

Pronovost P, Weast B, Rosenstein B. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:33-40.

REVIEW

Patient safety in the NICU: a comprehensive review.

Samra HA, McGrath JM, Rollins W. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2011;25:123-132.

STUDY

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An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2725-2732.

STUDY

Evaluating efforts to optimize TeamSTEPPS implementation in surgical and pediatric intensive care units.

Mayer CM, Cluff L, Lin WT, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:365-374.

STUDY

The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a tool for benchmarking safety culture in the NICU.

Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2012;97:F127-F132.

STUDY

Perceptions of risk to patient safety in the pediatric ICU, a study of American pediatric intensivists.

Bauer P, Hoffmann RG, Bragg D, Scanlon MC. Safety Sci. 2013;53:160-167.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Leveraging technical and managerial changes to improve safety.

Pronovost P, Heifetz RA. Hosp Health Netw. March 27, 2007.

STUDY

Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline after bundles and checklists.

Schulman J, Stricof R, Stevens TP, et al; New York State Regional Perinatal Care Centers. Pediatrics. 2011;127:436-444.

STUDY

Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections.

Sawyer M, Weeks K, Goeschel CA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(suppl 8):S292-S298.

STUDY

Rethinking resident supervision to improve safety: from hierarchical to interprofessional models.

Tamuz M, Giardina TD, Thomas EJ, Menon S, Singh H. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:448-456.

STUDY

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Structured interdisciplinary rounds in a medical teaching unit: improving patient safety.

O’Leary KJ, Buck R, Fligiel HM, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:678-684.

STUDY

Structural empowerment and patient safety culture among registered nurses working in adult critical care units.

Armellino D, Quinn Griffin MT, Fitzpatrick JJ. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:796-803.

COMMENTARY

What went right: lessons for the intensivist from the crew of US Airways Flight 1549.

Eisen LA, Savel RH. Chest. 2009;136:910-917.

STUDY

Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units.

Sexton JB, Berenholtz SM, Goeschel CA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:934-939.

STUDY

Improving patient safety: effects of a safety program on performance and culture in a department of radiology.

Donnelly LF, Dickerson JM, Goodfriend MA, Muething SE. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009;193:165-171.

STUDY

Nurse decision making in the prearrest period.

Gazarian PK, Henneman EA, Chandler GE. Clin Nurs Res. 2010;19:21-37.

STUDY

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Improving patient safety in intensive care units in Michigan.

Pronovost PJ, Berenholtz SM, Goeschel C, et al. J Crit Care. 2008;23:207-221.

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