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TOOLKIT

Perioperative Patient 'Hand-Off' Tool Kit.

Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Strong for Surgery.

CERTAIN. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. SCOAP. Seattle, WA: Foundation for Health Care Quality.

STUDY

Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information for comparing surgical quality.

Leonardi MJ, McGory ML, Ko CY. Arch Surg. 2007;142:863-869.

COMMENTARY

Development of a patient safety web-based education curriculum for physicians, nurses, and patients.

Hendee WR, Keating-Christensen C, Loh YH. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:90-99.

COMMENTARY

Improving the safety of medication administration using an interactive CD-ROM program.

Schneider PJ, Pedersen CA, Montanya KR, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63:59-64.

COURSE MATERIAL/CURRICULUM

Patient Safety in the OR.

Denver, CO: Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses.

AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION

Reducing Diagnostic Errors.

Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; 2011.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

MRI Safety Week.

MRI-Planning.com.

COURSE MATERIAL/CURRICULUM

Safe Foundations: Junior Doctors and Patient Safety.

National Patient Safety Agency.

COURSE MATERIAL/CURRICULUM

Patient Safety: The Other Side of the Quality Equation.

Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians.

STUDY

Using the internet to deliver education on drug safety.

Franklin BD, O'Grady K, Parr J, Walton I. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:329-333.

STUDY

Risk reduction for adverse drug events through sequential implementation of patient safety initiatives in a children's hospital.

Leonard MS, Cimino M, Shaha S, McDougal S, Pilliod J, Brodsky L. Pediatrics. 2006;118:e1124-e1129.

COMMENTARY

PCA Overdose

Doyle DJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July/August 2005.

UPCOMING MEETING/CONFERENCE

The Science of Safety in Healthcare.

Johns Hopkins University. Coursera.org. June 3–July 1, 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Strengthening the core. Middle managers play a vital role in improving safety.

Federico F, Bonacum D. Healthc Exec. January/February 2010;25:68-70.

COURSE MATERIAL/CURRICULUM

Situational Awareness and Patient Safety: A Learning Package.

Parush A, Campbell C, Hunter A, et al. Ottawa, Ontario: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; 2011. ISBN: 9781926588100.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Patient Safety as an Exercise in Behavioral Change.

Leape LL. Social and Behavioral Sciences in Action. Washington, DC: National Research Council of the National Academies. September 24, 2012.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety.

PO Box 231335, Hartford, CT 06123-1335.

WEB RESOURCE

Patient Safety Leadership Programs.

Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago; 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patients, families take up the cause of hospital safety.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). May 30, 2007:D1.

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