AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (167)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (1059)

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•Health Care Providers (3053)

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STUDY

What is the safety of nonemergent operative procedures performed at night?

Turrentine FE, Wang H, Young JS, Calland JF. J Trauma. 2010;69:313-319.

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A policy-based intervention for the reduction of communication breakdowns in inpatient surgical care: results from a Harvard surgical safety collaborative.

Arriaga AF, Elbardissi AW, Regenbogen SE, et al. Ann Surg. 2011;253:849-854.

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Poor resident–attending intraoperative communication may compromise patient safety.

Belyansky I, Martin TR, Prabhu AS, et al. J Surg Res. 2011;171:386-394.

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The impact of the 80-hour work week on appropriate resident case coverage.

Shin S, Britt R, Doviak M, Britt LD. J Surg Res. 2010;162:33-36.

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Resident participation does not affect surgical outcomes, despite introduction of new techniques.

Patel SP, Gauger PG, Brown DL, Englesbe MJ, Cederna PS. J Am Coll Surg. 2010;211:540-545.

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The "July phenomenon": is trauma the exception?

Schroeppel TJ, Fischer PE, Magnotti LJ, Croce MA, Fabian TC. J Am Coll Surg. 2009;209:378-384.

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Integration of a formalized handoff system into the surgical curriculum: resident perspectives and early results.

Telem DA, Buch KE, Ellis S, Coakley B, Divino CM. Arch Surg. 2011;146:89-93.

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Implementation of resident work hour restrictions is associated with a reduction in mortality and provider-related complications on the surgical service: a concurrent analysis of 14,610 patients.

Privette AR, Shackford SR, Osler T, Ratliff J, Sartorelli K, Hebert JC. Ann Surg. 2009;250:316-321.

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The impact of resident duty hour reform on hospital readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries.

Press MJ, Silber JH, Rosen AK, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:405-411.

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Risk factors and outcomes for foreign body left during a procedure: analysis of 413 incidents after 1,946,831 operations in children.

Camp M, Chang DC, Zhang Y, Chrouser K, Colombani PM, Abdullah F. Arch Surg. 2010;145:1085-1090.

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Effect of a 19-item surgical safety checklist during urgent operations in a global patient population.

Weiser TG, Haynes AB, Dziekan G, et al; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Investigators and Study Group. Ann Surg. 2010;251:976-980.

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Impact of resident participation in surgical operations on postoperative outcomes: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Kiran RP, Ahmed Ali U, Coffey JC, Vogel JD, Pokala N, Fazio VW. Ann Surg. 2012;256:469-475.

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Framing family conversation after early diagnosis of iatrogenic injury and incidental findings.

Barrios L, Tsuda S, Derevianko A, et al. Surg Endosc. 2009;23:2535-2542.

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Determinants of adverse events in vascular surgery.

Hernandez-Boussard T, McDonald KM, Morton JM, Dalman RL, Bech FR. J Am Coll Surg. 2012;214:788-797.

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Communication failure in the operating room.

Halverson AL, Casey JT, Andersson J, et al. Surgery. 2011;49:305-310.

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A novel method for reproducibly measuring the effects of interventions to improve emotional climate, indices of team skills and communication, and threat to patient outcome in a high-volume thoracic surgery center.

Nurok M, Lipsitz S, Satwicz P, Kelly A, Frankel A. Arch Surg. 2010;145:489-495.

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Infrequent physician use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators risks patient safety.

Lyman S, Sedrakyan A, Do H, Razzano R, Mushlin AI. Heart. 2011;97:1655-1660.

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Validity of selected patient safety indicators: opportunities and concerns.

Kaafarani HM, Borzecki AM, Itani KM, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2011; 212:924-934.

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Persistent noncompliance with the work-hour regulation.

Tabrizian P, Rajhbeharrysingh U, Khaitov S, Divino CM. Arch Surg. 2011;146:175-178.

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Missed steps in the preanesthetic set-up.

Demaria S Jr, Blasius K, Neustein SM. Anesth Analg. 2011;113:84-88.

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