AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (154)

•Diagnostic Errors (162)

•Identification Errors (121)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (553)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (95)

•Medication Safety (1031)

•Medical Complications (358)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (79)

•Surgical Complications (393)

•Transfusion Complications (12)

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•United States Federal Government (138)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (1024)

•Active Errors (617)

•Latent Errors (195)

•Near Miss (74)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (714)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (238)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (911)

•Communication Improvement (797)

•Human Factors Engineering (412)

•Teamwork (248)

•Specialization of Care (214)

•Logistical Approaches (303)

•Culture of Safety (360)

•Technologic Approaches (571)

•Education and Training (619)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (10)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2273)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2609)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1051)

•Patients (226)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2092)

•Psychiatric Facilities (11)

•Residential Facilities (63)

•Ambulatory Care (288)

•Outpatient Surgery (41)

•Patient Transport (27)

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Relationship between systems-level factors and hand hygiene adherence.

Dunn-Navarra AM, Cohen B, Stone PW, Pogorzelska M, Jordan S, Larson E. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:30-38.

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Hospital RNs' experiences with disruptive behavior: a qualitative study.

Walrath JM, Dang D, Nyberg D. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:105-116.

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Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality.

Trinkoff AM, Johantgen M, Storr CL, Gurses AP, Liang Y, Han K. Nurs Res. 2011;60:1-8.

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The impact of teamwork on missed nursing care.

Kalisch BJ, Lee KH. Nurs Outlook. 2010;58:233-241.

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The association of shift-level nurse staffing with adverse patient events.

Patrician PA, Loan L, McCarthy M, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:64-70.

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A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life.

Holden RJ, Scanlon MC, Patel NR, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:15-24.

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Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

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Medication safety initiative in reducing medication errors.

Nguyen EE, Connolly PM, Wong V. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:224-230.

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Nursing home error and level of staff credentials.

Scott-Cawiezell J, Pepper GA, Madsen RW, Petroski G, Vogelsmeier A, Zellmer D. Clin Nurs Res. 2007;16:72-78.

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Challenges in posthospital care: nurses as coaches for medication management.

Costa LL, Poe SS, Lee MC. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:243-251.

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Implementing standardized reporting and safety checklists.

Stevens JD, Bader MK, Luna MA, Johnson LM. Am J Nurs. 2011;111:48-53.

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Medication Administration Time Study (MATS): nursing staff performance of medication administration.

Elganzouri ES, Standish CA, Androwich I. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:204-210.

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Standardizing hand-off processes.

Crum Gregory BS. AORN J. 2006;84:1059-1061.

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Adverse drug events in hospitalized cardiac patients.

Fanikos J, Cina JL, Baroletti S, Fiumara K, Matta L, Goldhaber SZ. Am J Cardiol. 2007;100:1465-1469.

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Effects of technological interventions on the safety of a medication-use system.

Skibinski KA, White BA, Lin LI, Dong Y, Wu W. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:90-96.

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Variations in nursing care quality across hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Adv Nurs. 2009;65:2299-2310.

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Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19:2185-2195.

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The nurse's role in the causation of compensable injury.

Painter LM, Dudjak LA, Kidwell KM, Simmons RL, Kidwell RP. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;4:311-319.

COMMENTARY

Implementing handoff communication.

Ardoin KB, Broussard L. J Nurses Staff Dev. 2011;27:128-135.

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A "back to basics" approach to reduce ED medication errors.

Blank FSJ, Tobin J, Macomber S, Jaouen M, Dinoia M, Visintainer P. J Emerg Nurs. 2011;37:141-147.

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