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•Device-related Complications (87)

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•Identification Errors (108)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (212)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (86)

•Medication Safety (583)

•Medical Complications (165)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (47)

•Surgical Complications (578)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (431)

•Active Errors (574)

•Latent Errors (137)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (452)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (214)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (578)

•Communication Improvement (511)

•Human Factors Engineering (275)

•Teamwork (168)

•Specialization of Care (92)

•Logistical Approaches (185)

•Culture of Safety (222)

•Technologic Approaches (347)

•Education and Training (419)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (3)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (1617)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1393)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (637)

•Patients (220)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1238)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (28)

•Ambulatory Care (191)

•Outpatient Surgery (46)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Revealing their medical errors: why three doctors went public.

O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. August 15, 2011.

STUDY

Bridging the communication gap in the operating room with medical team training.

Awad SS, Fagan SP, Bellows C, et al. Am J Surg. 2005;190:770-774.

REVIEW

Minimizing surgical error by incorporating objective assessment into surgical education.

Champion HR, Meglan DA, Shair EK. J Am Coll Surg. 2008;207:284-291.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Surgical errors: new products, protocols help slash the risks.

Williamson JE. Healthcare Purchasing News. January 2006;30:22-25.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety and the Invitational Conference on Contemporary Surgical Quality, Safety and Transparency.

Amer Surg. 2006;72:985-1149

COMMENTARY

Implementing the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist: a model for future perioperative initiatives.

Styer KA, Ashley SW, Schmidt S, Zive EM, Eappen S. AORN J. 2011;94:590-598.

BOOK/REPORT

Annual Benchmarking Report: Malpractice Risks in Surgery.

Cambridge, MA: CRICO/RMF Strategies; 2010.

COMMENTARY

Duke Surgery Patient Safety: an open-source application for anonymous reporting of adverse and near-miss surgical events.

Pietrobon R, Lima R, Shah A, et al. Ann Surg Innov Res. 2007;1:5.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Surgical Care Improvement Project.

National SCIP Partnership, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, 14000 Quail Springs Parkway, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK, 73134.

COMMENTARY

Critical diagnoses (critical values) in anatomic pathology.

Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. Hum Pathol. 2006;37:982-984.

COMMENTARY

Eliminating perioperative adverse events at Ascension Health.

Ewing H, Bruder G, Baroco P, Hill M, Sparkman LP. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:256-266.

STUDY

The 80-hour work guidelines and resident survey perceptions of quality.

Biller CK, Antonacci AC, Pelletier S, et al. J Surg Res. 2006;135:275-281.

STUDY

Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative.

ElBardissi AW, Regenbogen SE, Greenberg CC, et al. Ann Surg. 2009;250:861-865.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A towel with a safety message.

Lerner M. Minneapolis Star Tribune. January 25, 2009:B1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Entire UPMC transplant team missed hepatitis alert.

Hamill SD. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 10, 2011:A6.

STUDY

Surgical specimen identification errors: a new measure of quality in surgical care.

Makary MA, Epstein J, Pronovost PJ, Millman EA, Hartmann EC, Freischlag JA. Surgery. 2007;141:450-455.

REVIEW

Error training: missing link in surgical education.

DaRosa DA, Pugh CM. Surgery. 2012;151:139-145.

REVIEW

Life after death: the aftermath of perioperative catastrophes.

Gazoni FM, Durieux ME, Wells L. Anesth Analg. 2008;107:591-600.

COMMENTARY

Improving operating room and perioperative safety: background and specific recommendations.

Schimpff SC. Surg Innov. 2007;14:127-135.

COMMENTARY classic

Case 34-2010: a 65-year-old woman with an incorrect operation on the left hand.

Ring DC, Herndon JH, Meyer GS. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1950-1957.

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