AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (4)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (5)

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•Medicine (9)

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•Health Care Providers (7)

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NEWSLETTER/JOURNAL

Global Patient Safety Challenge NewsAlert.

World Health Organization.

TOOLKIT

Safe Surgery Saves Lives: The Second Global Patient Safety Challenge.

Geneva, Switzerland: WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety; June 25, 2008.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions.

World Health Organization, Joint Commission International, Joint Commission.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Peberdy MA, Cretikos M, Abella BS, et al; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation; American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee; Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care; Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Circulation. 2007;116:2481-2500.

STUDY

Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes.

Boadu M, Rehani MM. Radiother Oncol. 2009;93:609-617.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

African Partnerships for Patient Safety.

Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization.

STUDY

Patient safety in developing countries: retrospective estimation of scale and nature of harm to patients in hospital.

Wilson RM, Michel P, Olsen S, et al; WHO Patient Safety EMRO/AFRO Working Group. BMJ. 2012;344:e832.

STUDY

Understanding and attitudes towards patient safety concepts in obstetrics.

Nabhan A, Ahmed-Tawfik MS. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007;98:212-216.

STUDY

Incidence of adverse drug events and medication errors in intensive care units: a prospective multicenter study.

Benkirane RR, R-Abouqal R, Haimeur CC, et al. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:16-22.

STUDY

The burden and risk factors for adverse drug events in older patients--a prospective cross-sectional study.

Tipping B, Kalula S, Badri M. S Afr Med J. 2006;96:1255-1259.