AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (16)

•Diagnostic Errors (15)

•Identification Errors (13)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (58)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (7)

•Medication Safety (117)

•Medical Complications (29)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (12)

•Surgical Complications (67)

•Transfusion Complications (3)

•Psychological and Social Complications (22)

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•Newspaper/Magazine Article (19)

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•Special or Theme Issue (12)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (114)

•Active Errors (57)

•Latent Errors (25)

•Near Miss (7)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (115)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (34)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (177)

•Communication Improvement (123)

•Human Factors Engineering (76)

•Teamwork (55)

•Specialization of Care (17)

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•Technologic Approaches (58)

•Education and Training (99)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (1)

•Complementary and Alternative Medicine (1)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (345)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (415)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (211)

•Patients (27)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (265)

•Psychiatric Facilities (4)

•Residential Facilities (4)

•Ambulatory Care (43)

•Outpatient Surgery (3)

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STUDY

Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people.

Barber ND, Alldred DP, Raynor DK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:341-346.

STUDY

The influence of formulation and medicine delivery system on medication administration errors in care homes for older people.

Alldred DP, Standage C, Fletcher O, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:397-402.

STUDY

Quantifying distraction and interruption in urological surgery.

Healey AN, Primus CP, Koutantji M. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:135-139.

STUDY

Patient handover from surgery to intensive care: using Formula 1 pit-stop and aviation models to improve safety and quality.

Catchpole KR, de Leval MR, McEwan A, et al. Paediatr Anaesth. 2007;17:470-478.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patient safety records: silent witness.

Gould M. Health Service Journal. September 15, 2008:22-24.

STUDY

Incidence, preventability and consequences of adverse events in older people: results of a retrospective case-note review.

Sari AB, Cracknell A, Sheldon TA. Age Ageing. 2008;37:265-269.

STUDY

Standardised proformas improve patient handover: audit of trauma handover practice.

Ferran NA, Metcalfe AJ, O'Doherty D. Patient Saf Surg. 2008;2:24.

COMMENTARY

Why patients need leaders: introducing a ward safety checklist.

Amin Y, Grewcock D, Andrews S, Halligan A. J R Soc Med. 2012;105:377-383.

STUDY

Towards safer neonatal transfer: the importance of critical incident review.

Moss SJ, Embleton ND, Fenton AC. Arch Dis Child. 2005;90:729-732.

REVIEW

Patient safety systems in the primary health care of diabetes—a story of missed opportunities?

Taub N, Baker R, Khunti K, et al. Diabet Med. 2010;27:1322-1326.

STUDY

Audit of handover in an ENT unit.

Ellul D, Robson AK. J Laryngol Otol. 2011;125:924-927.

STUDY

Postoperative handover: problems, pitfalls, and prevention of error.

Nagpal K, Arora S, Abboudi M, et al. Ann Surg. 2010;252:171-176.

STUDY

Improving communication in the emergency department.

Redfern E, Brown R, Vincent CA. Emerg Med J. 2009;26:658-661.

STUDY

Clinical handover incident reporting in one UK general hospital.

Pezzolesi C, Schifano F, Pickles J, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22:396-401.

COMMENTARY

Advising patients about patient safety: current initiatives risk shifting responsibility.

Entwistle VA, Mello MM, Brennan TA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:483-494.

STUDY

Identifying vulnerabilities in communication in the emergency department.

Redfern E, Brown R, Vincent CA. Emerg Med J. 2009;26:653-657.

STUDY

An evaluation of information transfer through the continuum of surgical care: a feasibility study.

Nagpal K, Vats A, Ahmed K, Vincent C, Moorthy K. Ann Surg. 2010;252:402-407.

STUDY

Development of a core drug list towards improving prescribing education and reducing errors in the UK.

Baker E, Roberts AP, Wilde K, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011;71:190-198.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Proceedings from the European Handover Research Collaborative.

Philibert I, Barach P, eds. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(suppl 1):i1-i128.

REVIEW

Information transfer and communication in surgery: a systematic review.

Nagpal K, Vats A, Lamb B, et al. Ann Surg. 2010;252:225-239.

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