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How hepatitis probe led to clinic: old-fashioned legwork yielded clues that came together. March 12, 2008
The ethics and practical importance of defining, distinguishing and disclosing nursing errors: a discussion paper. March 29, 2006
Prevention of potential errors in resuscitation medications orders by means of a computerised physician order entry in paediatric critical care. February 28, 2007
Rethinking high reliability in healthcare: the role of error management theory towards advancing high reliability organizing. February 13, 2019
Medication misadventures resulting in emergency department visits at an HMO medical center. March 27, 2005
Impact of the Care Quality Commission on Provider Performance: Room for Improvement? November 21, 2018
Final Report on Prioritization of Patient Safety Practices for a New Rapid Review or Rapid Response. Making Healthcare Safer IV Series. August 9, 2023
Investigating the Prevalence and Causes of Prescribing Errors in General Practice: The PRACtICe Study. May 16, 2012
Safer Delivery of Surgical Services: a Programme of Controlled Before-and-after Intervention Studies with Pre-planned Pooled Data Analysis. January 25, 2017
The safety of intravenous drug delivery systems: update on current issues since the 1999 Consensus Development Conference. March 4, 2009
Bias in the ER. Doctors suffer from the same cognitive distortions as the rest of us. February 22, 2017
Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, Third Edition. June 22, 2016
Medication errors affecting pediatric patients: unique challenges for this special population. October 7, 2015
Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care. September 26, 2012
Dangerous connections: health care community tackles tubing risks, small-bore connector standards. July 11, 2012
The next generation of doctors may be learning bad habits at teaching hospitals with many safety violations. May 2, 2018
Impact of Medical Errors and Malpractice on Health Economics, Quality, and Patient Safety. April 26, 2017
Health-Care–Associated Infections in Hospitals: Continuing Leadership Needed from HHS to Prioritize Prevention Practices and Improve Data on These Infections. April 15, 2009
Using patient safety science to explore strategies for improving safety in intravenous medication administration. November 1, 2006