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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (471)

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•Health Care Providers (2383)

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FACT SHEET/FAQS

Oral Dosage Forms that Should Not Be Crushed.

Mitchell JF. Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Loud wake-up call: unlabeled containers lead to patient’s death.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 1, 2004;9:1-3.

COMMENTARY

New technology, new errors: how to prime an upgrade of an insulin infusion pump.

Rule AM, Drincic A, Galt KA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:155-162.

COMMENTARY

SNOMED CT: electronic health record enhances anesthesia patient safety.

Elevitch FR. AANA J. 2005;73:361-366.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Clear liquids may place patients at risk.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2005;2:29-31.

COMMENTARY

Preventing vincristine administration errors: does evidence support minibag infusions?

Schulmeister L. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2006;10:271-273.

REVIEW

Adverse events associated with sedatives, analgesics, and other drugs that provide patient comfort in the intensive care unit.

Riker RR, Fraser GL. Pharmacotherapy. 2005;25:8S-18S.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Promethazine conundrum: IV can hurt more than IM injection!

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 2, 2006;11:1-3.

COMMENTARY

Improving safety throughout the medication use process in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Asdigha MN. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1067-1075.

STUDY

Excess dosing of antiplatelet and antithrombin agents in the treatment of non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.

Alexander KP, Chen AY, Roe MT, et al; CRUSADE Investigators. JAMA. 2005;294:3108-3116.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Tubing misconnections—a persistent and potentially deadly occurrence.

Sentinel Event Alert. April 3, 2006;(36):1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Double key bounce and double keying errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 12, 2006;11:1-2.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

2008 Recommendations for Pre-Anesthesia Checkout Procedures.

ASA Committee on Equipment and Facilities. Park Ridge, IL: American Society of Anesthesiologists; 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication administration in anesthesia: time for a paradigm shift.

Stabile M, Webster CS, Merry AF. APSF Newsletter. Fall 2007;22:44-47.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Mix-up (wrong route of administration) of bladder irrigation with intravenous (IV) infusions.

VA National Center for Patient Safety. Washington, DC: VA Central Office; April 6, 2006. Patient Safety Alert AL06-012.

STUDY

Inadvertent administration of magnesium sulfate through the epidural catheter: report and analysis of a drug error.

Goodman EJ, Haas AJ, Kantor GS. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2006;15:63-67.

STUDY

Evaluation of a Web-based education program on reducing medication dosing error: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.

Frush K, Hohenhaus S, Luo X, Gerardi M, Wiebe RA. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006;22:62-70.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing vincristine administration errors.

The Joint Commission. Sentinel Event Alert. July 14, 2005;(34):1-3.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety in plastic surgery.

Trussler AP, Tabbal GN. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012;130:470e-478e.

COMMENTARY

Best-practice protocols: Preventing adverse drug events.

Weir VL. Nurs Manage. 2005;36:24-30.

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