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COMMENTARY

Patient safety in the context of neonatal intensive care: research and educational opportunities.

Raju TN, Suresh G, Higgins RD. Pediatr Res. 2011;70:109-115.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Identification and Prevention of Common Adverse Drug Events in the Intensive Care Unit.

Papadopoulos J, Kane-Gill SL, Cooper B, eds. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:(suppl 6):S83-S264.

COMMENTARY

What went right: lessons for the intensivist from the crew of US Airways Flight 1549.

Eisen LA, Savel RH. Chest. 2009;136:910-917.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Serious medication errors from intravenous administration of nimodipine oral capsules.

MedWatch Safety Alert, FDA Drug Safety Communication. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; August 2, 2010.

STUDY

A comparison of voluntarily reported medication errors in intensive care and general care units.

Kane-Gill SL, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:55-59.

STUDY

What’s past is prologue: organizational learning from a serious patient injury.

Tamuz M, Franchois KE, Thomas EJ. Safety Sci. 2011;49:75-82.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patient safety: the synergy of technology and behavior.

Yarbrough C, Rypkema S. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. January-February 2008;5:32-35.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Another tragic parenteral nutrition compounding error.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 21, 2011;16:1-3.

STUDY

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An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2725-2732.

STUDY

Trends in central line–associated bloodstream infections in a trauma-surgical intensive care unit.

Ong A, Dysert K, Herbert C, et al. Arch Surg. 2011;146:302-307.

STUDY

Critical care delivery in the United States: distribution of services and compliance with Leapfrog recommendations.

Angus DC, Shorr AF, White A, Dremsizov TT, Schmitz RJ, Kelley MA, on behalf of the Committee on Manpower for Pulmonary and Critical Care Societies (COMPACCS). Crit Care Med. 2006;34:1016-1024.

STUDY

Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates.

Lin MY, Hota B, Khan YM, et al; CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. JAMA. 2010;304:2035-2041.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Leveraging technical and managerial changes to improve safety.

Pronovost P, Heifetz RA. Hosp Health Netw. March 27, 2007.

STUDY

Iatrogenic events resulting in intensive care admission: frequency, cause, and disclosure to patients and institutions.

Lehmann LS, Puopolo AL, Shaykevich S, Brennan TA. Am J Med. 2005;118:409-413.

REVIEW

Inpatient suicide: preventing a common sentinel event.

Tishler CL, Reiss NS. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2009;31:103-109.

COMMENTARY

Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the checklist.

Perencevich EN, Pittet D. JAMA. 2009;301:1285-1287.

STUDY

Uncovering system errors using a rapid response team: cross-coverage caught in the crossfire.

Kaplan LJ, Maerz LL, Schuster K, et al. J Trauma. 2009;67:173-179.

STUDY

Rework and workarounds in nurse medication administration process: implications for work processes and patient safety.

Halbesleben JRB, Savage GT, Wakefield DS, Wakefield BJ. Health Care Manage Rev. 2010;35:124-133.

STUDY

Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program.

Pronovost P, Weast B, Rosenstein B. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:33-40.

STUDY

Standardized multidisciplinary protocol improves handover of cardiac surgery patients to the intensive care unit.

Joy BF, Elliott E, Hardy C, Sullivan C, Backer CL, Kane JM. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011;12:304-308.

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