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STUDY
Do emergency physicians attribute drug-related emergency department visits to medication-related problems?
Hohl CM, Zed PJ, Brubacher JR, Abu-Laban RB, Loewen PS, Purssell RA. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:493-502.e4.
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Reduction in hospital mortality over time in a hospital without a pediatric medical emergency team: limitations of before-and-after study designs.
Joffe AR, Anton NR, Burkholder SC. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011;165:419-423.
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A prospective observational study of physician handoff for intensive-care-unit-to-ward patient transfers.
Li P, Stelfox HT, Ghali WA. Am J Med. 2011;124:860-867.
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Drug formulations that require potentially inaccurate volumes to prepare doses for infants and children.
Uppal N, Yasseen B, Seto W, Parshuram CS. CMAJ. 2011;183:E246-E248.
COMMENTARY
An implementation strategy for a multicenter pediatric rapid response system in Ontario.
Lobos A, Costello J, Gilleland J, Gaiteiro R, Kotsakis A; The Ontario Pediatric Critical Care Response Team Collaborative. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:271-280.
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Impact of a comprehensive safety initiative on patient-controlled analgesia errors.
Paul JE, Bertram B, Antoni K, et al. Anesthesiology. 2010;113:1427-1432.
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A survey of nurses' beliefs about the medical emergency team system in a Canadian tertiary hospital.
Bagshaw SM, Mondor EE, Scouten C, et al; Capital Health Medical Emergency Team Investigators. Am J Crit Care. 2010;19:74-83.
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Surgeon's vigilance in the operating room.
Zheng B, Tien G, Atkins SM, et al. Am J Surg. 2011;201:667-671.
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Use of an electronic information system to identify adverse events resulting in an emergency department visit.
Ackroyd-Stolarz S, Mackinnon NJ, Zed PJ, Murphy N. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e53.
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Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions.
van Walraven C, Jennings A, Taljaard M, et al. CMAJ. 2011;183:E1067-E1072.
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The impact of prolonged continuous wakefulness on resident clinical performance in the intensive care unit: a patient simulator study.
Sharpe R, Koval V, Ronco JJ, et al. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:766-770.
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Outcomes of emergency department patients presenting with adverse drug events.
Hohl CM, Nosyk B, Kuramoto L, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2011;58:270-279.
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Increasing patient safety event reporting in 2 intensive care units: A prospective interventional study.
Ilan R, Squires M, Panopoulos C, Day A. J Crit Care. 2011;26:e11-e18.
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Medication errors in the management of anaphylaxis in a pediatric emergency department.
Benkelfat R, Gouin S, Larose G, Bailey B. J Emerg Med. 2013 Mar 8; [Epub ahead of print].
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Checking it twice: an evaluation of checklists for detecting medication errors at the bedside using a chemotherapy model.
White RE, Trbovich PL, Easty AC, Savage P, Trip K, Hyland S. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:562-567.
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The association between a prolonged stay in the emergency department and adverse events in older patients admitted to hospital: a retrospective cohort study.
Ackroyd-Stolarz S, Read Guernsey J, Mackinnon NJ, Kovacs G. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:564-569.
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Patient safety factors in children dying in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU): a case notes review study.
Monroe K, Wang D, Vincent C, Woloshynowych M, Neale G, Inwald DP. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:863-868.
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Using prospective clinical surveillance to identify adverse events in hospital.
Forster AJ, Worthington JR, Hawken S, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:756-763.
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Adverse events following an emergency department visit.
Forster AJ, Rose NGW, van Walraven C, Stiell I. Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:17-22.
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Medication reconciliation during internal hospital transfer and impact of computerized prescriber order entry.
Lee JY, Leblanc K, Fernandes OA, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44:1887-1895.
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