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Intensive Care Units (1-20 of 230):
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1.   Study: Improving patient safety in intensive care units in Michigan. 
 Pronovost PJ, Berenholtz SM, Goeschel C, et al. J Crit Care. 2008;23:207-221.
 
2.   Newspaper/Magazine Article: The checklist.
 Gawande A. The New Yorker. December 10, 2007;83:86-95.
 
3.   Review: Effects of rapid response systems on clinical outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.
 Ranji SR, Auerbach AD, Hurd CJ, O'Rourke K, Shojania KG. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:422-432.
 
4.   Study: Costs of adverse events in intensive care units.
 Kaushal R, Bates DW, Franz C, Soukup JR, Rothschild JM. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:2479-2483.
 
5.   Study: Nurse working conditions and patient safety outcomes.
 Stone PW, Mooney-Kane C, Larson EL, et al. Med Care. 2007;45:571-578.
 
6.   Study: Perceptions of safety culture vary across the intensive care units of a single institution.
 Huang DT, Clermont G, Sexton JB, et al. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:165-176.
 
7.   Study: The effect of workload on infection risk in critically ill patients.
 Hugonnet S, Chevrolet JC, Pittet D. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:76-81. 
 
8.   Study: 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.
 
9.   Study: Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
 MERIT study investigators. Lancet. 2005;365:2091-2097. 
 
10.   Study: A controlled trial of smart infusion pumps to improve medication safety in critically ill patients.
 Rothschild JM, Keohane CA, Cook EF, et al. Crit Care Med. 2005;33:533-540.
 
11.   Study: Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units.
 Landrigan CP, Rothschild JM, Cronin JW, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1838-1848.
 
12.   Study: Microsystems in health care: Part 2. Creating a rich information environment.
 Nelson EC, Batalden PB, Homa K, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2003;29:5-15.
 
13.   Study: Intensive care unit nurse staffing and the risk for complications after abdominal aortic surgery.
 Pronovost PJ, Dang D, Dorman T, et al. Eff Clin Pract. 2001;4:199-206.
 
14.   Study: A look into the nature and causes of human errors in the intensive care unit.
 Donchin Y, Gopher D, Olin M, et al. Crit Care Med. 1995;23:294-300.
 
15.   Study: Pharmacist participation on physician rounds and adverse drug events in the intensive care unit.
 Leape LL, Cullen DJ, Clapp MD, et al. JAMA. 1999;282:267-270. Erratum in JAMA. 2000;283:1293.
 
16.   Study: Errors in drug computations during newborn intensive care.
 Perlstein PH, Callison C, White M, Barnes B, Edwards NK. Am J Dis Child. 1979;133:376-379.
 
17.   Study: Preventable adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a comparative study of intensive care and general care units.
 Cullen DJ, Sweitzer BJ, Bates DW, Burdick E, Edmondson A, Leape LL. Crit Care Med.1997;25;1289-1297.
 
18.   Study: Medication errors in neonatal and paediatric intensive-care units.
 Raju TN, Kecskes S, Thornton JP, Perry M, Feldman S. Lancet. 1989;2:374-376.
 
19.   Study: Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys.
 Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Helmreich RL. BMJ. 2000;320:745-749.
 
20.  Study: Identification of patient information corruption in the intensive care unit: using a scoring tool to direct quality improvements in handover.
 Pickering BW, Hurley K, Marsh B. Crit Care Med. 2009;37:2905-2912.
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