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 Audiovisual

Audiovisual Presentation
Medication error death rate up 500 percent.
Spiesel S, Chadwick A. "Day to Day." National Public Radio. August 27, 2008. 

Preventing Medical Errors.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Patient Safety News. Show #79. September 2008.

 Book/Report

Book/Report
Indiana Medical Error Reporting System: Report for 2007.
Whitson T, Garten B, Azbill M. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana State Department of Health; August 25, 2008.

 Journal Article

Commentary
Comparative issues in aviation and surgical crew resource management: (1) are we too solution focused?
Hunt GJF, Callaghan KSN. ANZ J Surg. 2008;78:690-693.

Improving patient safety: patient-focused, high-reliability team training.
McKeon LM, Cunningham PD, Detty Oswaks JS. J Nurs Care Qual. 2008 Aug 25; [Epub ahead of print].  

Single-patient rooms for safe patient-centered hospitals.
Detsky ME, Etchells E. JAMA. 2008;300:954-956.    

Ticket to ride: reducing handoff risk during hospital patient transport.
Pesanka DA, Greenhouse PK, Rack LL, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2008 Aug 26; [Epub ahead of print].

Review
Teamwork in obstetric critical care.
Guise JM, Segel S. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2008 Aug 12; [Epub ahead of print]. 

Study
Clinical and pathological disagreement upon the cause of death in a teaching hospital: analysis of 100 autopsy cases in a prospective study.
Carvalho FLP, Cordeiro JA, Cury PM. Pathol Int. 2008;58:568-571.

Problems and solutions arising during a study in visual semantics of the medical emergency team system.
Santiano N, Baramy LS, Young L, et al. Qual Health Res. 2008 Aug 19; [Epub ahead of print]. 

Randomized controlled trial of a pictogram-based intervention to reduce liquid medication dosing errors and improve adherence among caregivers of young children. 
Yin HS, Dreyer BP, van Schaick L, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162:814-822.

 Meeting/Conference

Arizona Meeting/Conference
Patient Experience & Patient Safety Culture: 11th CAHPS® & 1st SOPS User Group Meeting.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. December 3-5, 2008; Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort, Scottsdale, AZ.

Meeting/Conference Proceedings
AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008.  

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
Ferrari's Formula One handovers and handovers from surgery to intensive care.
Sower VE, Duffy JA, Kohers G. American Society for Quality. August 2008.

Misprogramming PCA concentration leads to dosing errors.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! August 28, 2008;13:1-3.

Scariest hospital risks.
Herper M, Lindner M. Forbes. August 25, 2008.

 Press Release/Announcement

Press Release/Announcement
Call for steering committee nominations: national voluntary consensus standards for medication management.
Washington, DC; National Quality Forum.

Common formats for patient safety data collection and event reporting.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Fed Register. August 29, 2008;73:50974-50976.

 Web Resource

Multi-use Website
Drug Error Finder.
United States Pharmacopeia.  

Canadian Patient Safety Officer Course.
Canadian Patient Safety Institute. September 21-26, 2008; The Kingbridge Centre, King City, Ontario, Canada.

Small Grants for Patient Safety Research.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Alliance for Patient Safety, World Health Organization.

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