AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (5)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (24)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (5)

•Medication Safety (56)

•Medical Complications (22)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (2)

•Surgical Complications (17)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (79)

•Active Errors (34)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (41)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (81)

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•Allied Health Services (4)

•Medicine (147)

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•Pharmacy (21)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (131)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (166)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (67)

•Patients (3)

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•Hospitals (147)

•Residential Facilities (4)

•Ambulatory Care (15)

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REVIEW

Prescribing safely for children.

Sinha Y, Cranswick NE. J Paediatrics Child Health. 2007;43:112–116.

STUDY

Adverse drug events in general practice patients in Australia.

Miller GC, Britt HC, Valenti L. Med J Aust. 2006;184:321-324.

STUDY

Why do interns make prescribing errors? A qualitative study.

Coombes ID, Stowasser DA, Coombes JA, Mitchell C. Med J Aust. 2008;188:89-94.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

The safety and quality of health care: where are we now?

Med J Aust. 2006;184:S37-S72.

COMMENTARY

Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: risks and 'solutions.'

Emmerton LM, Rizk MFS. Int J Clin Pharm. 2012;34:4-8.

STUDY

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

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

STUDY

Inter- and intra-rater reliability for classification of medication related events in paediatric inpatients.

Kunac DL, Reith DM, Kennedy J, Austin NC, Williams SM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:196-201.

STUDY

The objective medical emergency team activation criteria: a case-control study.

Cretikos M, Chen J, Hillman K, Bellomo R, Finfer S, Flabouris A, and the MERIT study investigators. Resuscitation. 2007;73:62-72.

STUDY

The effect of clinical history on accuracy of electrocardiograph interpretation among doctors working in emergency departments.

Cruz MF, Edwards J, Dinh DM, Barnes EH. Med J Aust. 2012;197:161-165.

STUDY

Attitudes and barriers to incident reporting: a collaborative hospital study.

Evans SM, Berry JG, Smith BJ, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:39-43.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

AMA Safe Hours On-line Survey: 8–14 May 2006.

Barton, ACT, Australia: Australian Medical Association; May 1, 2006.

STUDY

Reported medication errors after introducing an electronic medication management system.

Redley B, Botti M. J Clin Nurs. 2013;22:579-589.

STUDY

The incidence and cost of adverse events in Victorian hospitals 2003-04.

Ehsani JP, Jackson T, Duckett SJ. Med J Aust. 2006;184:551-555.

REVIEW

The safety implications of missed test results for hospitalised patients: a systematic review.

Callen J, Georgiou A, Li J, Westbrook JI. BMJ Qual Saf 2011;20:194-199.

STUDY

Representative case series from public hospital admissions 1998 II: surgical adverse events.

Briant R, Morton J, Lay-Yee R, Davis P, Ali W. N Z Med J. 2005;118:U1591.

STUDY

Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical patients.

Haller G, Myles PS, Wolfe R, Weeks AM, Stoelwinder J, McNeil J. Anesthesiology. 2005;103:1121-1129.

STUDY

Prevalence of error-prone abbreviations used in medication prescribing for hospitalised patients: multi-hospital evaluation.

Dooley MJ, Wiseman M, Gu G. Intern Med J. 2012;42:e19-e22.

STUDY

Analysis of Australian newspaper coverage of medication errors.

Hinchcliff R, Westbrook J, Greenfield D, Baysari M, Moldovan M, Braithwaite J. Int J Qual Health Care. 2012;24:1-8.

STUDY

Anaesthetic adverse incident reports: an Australian study of 1,231 outcomes.

Aders A, Aders H. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2005;33:336-344.

STUDY

Patient self-medication--a change in hospital practice.

Grantham G, McMillan V, Dunn SV, Gassner LA, Woodcock P. J Clin Nurs. 2006;15:962-970.

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