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•Device-related Complications (4)

•Diagnostic Errors (5)

•Identification Errors (2)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (37)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (4)

•Medication Safety (28)

•Medical Complications (22)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (1)

•Surgical Complications (9)

•Psychological and Social Complications (9)

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•Book/Report (4)

•Journal Article (152)

•Legislation/Regulation (1)

•Newsletter/Journal (1)

•Press Release/Announcement (1)

•Special or Theme Issue (4)

•Web Resource (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (44)

•Active Errors (18)

•Latent Errors (3)

•Near Miss (3)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (38)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (11)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (61)

•Communication Improvement (42)

•Human Factors Engineering (14)

•Teamwork (15)

•Specialization of Care (34)

•Logistical Approaches (10)

•Culture of Safety (10)

•Technologic Approaches (14)

•Education and Training (24)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (4)

•Medicine (112)

•Nursing (19)

•Pharmacy (9)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (93)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (133)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (47)

•Patients (3)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (104)

•Residential Facilities (3)

•Ambulatory Care (12)

•Patient Transport (9)

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STUDY

Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

MERIT study investigators. Lancet. 2005;365:2091-2097.

STUDY

Interruptive communication patterns in the intensive care unit ward round.

Alvarez G, Coiera E. Int J Med Inform. 2005;74:791-796.

REVIEW

Clinical handover of patients arriving by ambulance to the emergency department: a literature review.

Bost N, Crilly J, Wallis M, Patterson E, Chaboyer W. Int Emerg Nurs. 2010;18:210-220.

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.

REVIEW

An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice.

Shafiq J, Barton M, Noble D, Lemer C, Donaldson LJ. Radiother Oncol. 2009;92:15-21.

STUDY

Design and trial of a new ambulance-to-emergency department handover protocol: 'IMIST-AMBO.'

Iedema R, Ball C, Daly B, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:627-633.

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Measurement of adverse events using "incidence flagged" diagnosis codes.

Jackson T, Duckett S, Shepheard J, Baxter K. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2006;11:21-26.

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The impact of interruptions on clinical task completion.

Westbrook JI, Coiera E, Dunsmuir WTM, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:284-289.

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The effect on medication errors of pharmacists charting medication in an emergency department.

Vasileff HM, Whitten LE, Pink JA, Goldsworthy SJ, Angley MT. Pharm World Sci. 2009;31:373-379.

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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.

STUDY

Anaesthetists' management of oxygen pipeline failure: room for improvement.

Weller J, Merry A, Warman G, Robinson B. Anaesthesia. 2007;62:122-126.

REVIEW

Paramedics and the effects of shift work on sleep: a literature review.

Sofianopoulos S, Williams B, Archer F. Emerg Med J. 2012;29:152-155.

REVIEW

The effect of medical emergency teams on patient outcome: a review of the literature.

Laurens NH, Dwyer TA. Int J Nurs Pract. 2010;16:533-544.

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.

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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.

REVIEW

Interventions to reduce medication errors in adult intensive care: a systematic review.

Manias E, Williams A, Liew D. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2012;74:411-423.

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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.

STUDY

Adverse drug events in general practice patients in Australia.

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

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Review of the Australian Incident Monitoring System.

Spigelman AD, Swan J. ANZ J Surg. 2005;75:657-661.

STUDY

Incidents during out-of-hospital patient transportation.

Flabouris A, Runciman WB, Levings B. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2006;34:228-236.

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