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•Device-related Complications (4)

•Diagnostic Errors (9)

•Identification Errors (3)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (30)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (3)

•Medication Safety (60)

•Medical Complications (26)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (2)

•Surgical Complications (20)

•Psychological and Social Complications (7)

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•Bibliography (1)

•Book/Report (7)

•Journal Article (219)

•Legislation/Regulation (1)

•Newsletter/Journal (1)

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•Special or Theme Issue (5)

•Tools/Toolkit (1)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (79)

•Active Errors (35)

•Latent Errors (10)

•Near Miss (3)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (42)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (20)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (86)

•Communication Improvement (65)

•Human Factors Engineering (30)

•Teamwork (18)

•Specialization of Care (27)

•Logistical Approaches (10)

•Culture of Safety (18)

•Technologic Approaches (28)

•Education and Training (46)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (4)

•Medicine (148)

•Nursing (28)

•Pharmacy (20)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (162)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (206)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (91)

•Patients (7)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (143)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (3)

•Ambulatory Care (15)

•Patient Transport (9)

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STUDY

Reducing inappropriate diagnostic practice through education and decision support.

Bairstow PJ, Persaud J, Mendelson R, Nguyen L. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22:194-200.

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Changing cardiac arrest and hospital mortality rates through a medical emergency team takes time and constant review.

Santamaria J, Tobin A, Holmes J. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:445-450.

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Attitudes and barriers to a medical emergency team system at a tertiary paediatric hospital.

Azzopardi P, Kinney S, Moulden A, Tibballs J. Resuscitation. 2011;82:167-174.

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Accuracy of medication documentation in hospital discharge summaries: a retrospective analysis of medication transcription errors in manual and electronic discharge summaries.

Callen J, McIntosh J, Li J. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79:58-64.

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Multimodal system designed to reduce errors in recording and administration of drugs in anaesthesia: prospective randomised clinical evaluation.

Merry AF, Webster CS, Hannam J, et al. BMJ. 2011;343:d5543.

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Hospital costs associated with adverse events in gynecological oncology.

Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Gordon LG, Sanday K, et al. Gynecol Oncol. 2011;121:70-75.

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Reducing potentially fatal errors associated with high doses of insulin: a successful multifaceted multidisciplinary prevention strategy.

Dooley MJ, Wiseman M, McRae A, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:637-644.

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Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries.

Lu CY, Roughead E. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65:733-740.

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Epidemiology and patient outcome after medical emergency team calls triggered by atrial fibrillation.

Schneider A, Calzavacca P, Jones D, Bellomo R. Resuscitation. 2011;82:410-414.

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A prospective controlled trial of the effect of a multi-faceted intervention on early recognition and intervention in deteriorating hospital patients.

Mitchell IA, McKay H, Van Leuvan C, et al. Resuscitation. 2010;81:658-666.

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Assessing clinical handover between paramedics and the trauma team.

Evans SM, Murray A, Patrick I, Fitzgerald M, Smith S, Andrianopoulos N, Cameron P. Injury. 2010;36:100-106.

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The impact of computerized provider order entry systems on medical-imaging services: a systematic review.

Georgiou A, Prgomet M, Markewycz A, Adams E, Westbrook JI. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:335-340.

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Errors and electronic prescribing: a controlled laboratory study to examine task complexity and interruption effects.

Magrabi F, Li SY, Day RO, Coiera E. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:575-583.

REVIEW

Medical error and decision making: learning from the past and present in intensive care.

Bucknall TK. Aust Crit Care. 2010;23:150-156.

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Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.

Taylor DM, Robinson J, MacLeod D, MacBean CE, Braitberg G. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009;33:388-394.

STUDY

How often do physicians review medication charts on ward rounds?

Looi KL, Black PN. BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2008;8:9.

COMMENTARY

Errors in clinical reasoning: causes and remedial strategies.

Scott IA. BMJ. 2009;338:b1860.

REVIEW

Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 1: a review of the extent and causes of medication problems 2002-2008.

Roughead EE, Semple SJ. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009;6:18.

STUDY

Barriers to adverse event and error reporting in anesthesia.

Heard GC, Sanderson PM, Thomas RD. Anesth Analg. 2012;114:604-614.

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Time for a change in injury and trauma care delivery: a trauma death review analysis.

Sugrue M, Caldwell E, D'Amours S, et al. ANZ J Surg. 2008;78:949-954.

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