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•Device-related Complications (181)

•Diagnostic Errors (167)

•Identification Errors (147)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (437)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (109)

•Medication Safety (1176)

•Medical Complications (501)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (94)

•Surgical Complications (616)

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•Psychological and Social Complications (162)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (774)

•Active Errors (557)

•Latent Errors (251)

•Near Miss (68)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (1180)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (533)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1138)

•Communication Improvement (1069)

•Human Factors Engineering (530)

•Teamwork (425)

•Specialization of Care (274)

•Logistical Approaches (311)

•Culture of Safety (780)

•Technologic Approaches (863)

•Education and Training (1034)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (13)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (3127)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (3345)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1894)

•Patients (422)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2568)

•Psychiatric Facilities (11)

•Residential Facilities (75)

•Ambulatory Care (375)

•Outpatient Surgery (57)

•Patient Transport (21)

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STUDY

Operating room teamwork among physicians and nurses: teamwork in the eye of the beholder.

Makary MA, Sexton JB, Freischlag JA, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;202:746-752.

COMMENTARY

Video technology to advance safety in the operating room and perioperative environment.

Xiao Y, Schimpff S, Mackenzie C, et al. Surg Innov. 2007;14:52-61.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

Bernhard B. The Orange County Register. April 19, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.

BOOK/REPORT

Safe Surgery Guide.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2010. ISBN: 9781599404073.

BOOK/REPORT

Advancing Patient Safety: A Decade of Evidence, Design, and Implementation.

Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2009. AHRQ Publication No. 09(10)-0084.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Interprofessional Approaches to Patient Safety.

J Interprof Care. 2006;20:455-571.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Saving lives: hospitals have signed on to a six-part plan to avoid a multitude of unnecessary deaths.

Comarow A. US News & World Report. July 18, 2005;139:74,76,79.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine.

Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM, Wears RL, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. ISBN: 9780781777278.

STUDY

How does patient safety culture in the operating room and post-anesthesia care unit compare to the rest of the hospital?

Kaafarani HM, Itani KM, Rosen AK, Zhao S, Hartmann CW, Gaba DM. Am J Surg. 2009;198:70-75.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality and Safety in Medicine.

Nash DB, Goldfarb NI, Patow C, eds. Acad Med. 2009;84:1641-1846.

STUDY

Teamwork in the operating room: frontline perspectives among hospitals and operating room personnel.

Sexton JB, Makary MA, Tersigni AR, et al. Anesthesiology. 2006;105:877-884.

STUDY

A human factors curriculum for surgical clerkship students.

Cahan MA, Larkin AC, Starr S, et al. Arch Surg. 2010;145:1151-1157.

STUDY

Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys.

Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Helmreich RL. BMJ. 2000;320:745-749.

BOOK/REPORT

MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality 2010 Annual Report.

Lansing, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association; October 2010.

COMMENTARY

Reducing surgical complications.

Griffin FA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:660-665.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Can high tech save your life?

Fischman J. US News and World Report. August 1, 2005;139:45,49-50,52.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The day Joy died.

Brandeland GP. Med Econ. 2006 Oct 20;83:50, 52-53.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Challenges ahead in technology training: a report on the training initiative of the Committee on Technology.

Olympio MA, Reinke B, Abramovich A. APSF Newsletter. Fall 2006;21:43-48.

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