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What's New for 9/16/2009
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 Book/Report

Book/Report
2009 Older Adults' Knowledge About Medications That Can Impact Driving.
MacLennan PA, Owsley C, Rue LW III, McGwin G Jr. Washington, DC: American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety; August 2009.

Safety in Doses.
London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency; 2009. ISBN: 9781906624088.

 Journal Article

Commentary
Patient safety in intensive care medicine: the Declaration of Vienna.
Moreno RP, Rhodes A, Donchin Y. Intensive Care Med. 2009 Aug 21; [Epub ahead of print].

Resident duty hours in surgery for ensuring patient safety, providing optimum resident education and training, and promoting resident well-being: a response from the American College of Surgeons to the Report of the Institute of Medicine, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety."
Britt LD, Sachdeva AK, Healy GB, Whalen TV, Blair PG; Members of the ACS Task Force on Resident Duty Hours. Surgery. 2009;146:398-409.

Review
A literature review of the individual and systems factors that contribute to medication errors in nursing practice.
Brady AM, Malone AM, Fleming S. J Nurs Manag. 2009;17:679-697.

Effectiveness of patient care teams and the role of clinical expertise and coordination: a literature review.
Bosch M, Faber MJ, Cruijsberg J, et al. Med Care Res Rev. 2009 Aug 19; [Epub ahead of print].

Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 1: a review of the extent and causes of medication problems 2002-2008.
Roughead EE, Semple SJ. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009 Aug 11; [Epub ahead of print].

The negative impact of nurse-physician disruptive behavior on patient safety: a review of the literature.
Saxton R, Hines T, Enriquez M. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:180-183.

Study
Attitudinal changes resulting from repetitive training of operating room personnel using high-fidelity simulation at the point of care.
Paige JT, Kozmenko V, Yang T, et al. Am Surg. 2009;75:584-591.

Content analysis of team communication in an obstetric emergency scenario.
Siassakos D, Draycott T, Montague I, Harris M. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2009;29:499-503.

Has the pendulum swung too far? The impact of missed abdominal injuries in the era of nonoperative management.
Fairfax LM, Christmas AB, DeAugustinis M, et al. Am Surg. 2009;75:558-564.

Implementing a pre-operative checklist to increase patient safety: a 1-year follow-up of personnel attitudes.
Nilsson L, Lindberget O, Gupta A, Vegfors M. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2009 Aug 31; [Epub ahead of print].

Medical error reporting, patient safety, and the physician.
Anderson B, Stumpf PG, Schulkin J. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:176-179.

Strategies for safe medication use in ambulatory care settings in the United States.
Sorensen AV, Bernard SL. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:160-167.

 Meeting/Conference

Texas Meeting/Conference
The Just Culture Public Course.
Outcomes Engineering. October 13-14, 2009; Hyatt Place Dallas/Grapevine Hotel, Grapevine, TX.

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
For all the right reasons.
Hagland M. Healthc Informatics. 2009;26:40-44.

When patient handoffs go terribly wrong.
Chen PW. New York Times. September 3, 2009.

 Tools/Toolkit

Fact Sheet/FAQs
How to Make an Emergency Department Visit a Safe One.
Clancy CM. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 1, 2009.

From the Top: The Role of the Board in Quality and Safety.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. September 29-30, 2009; Westin Chicago Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL.

2010 American Hospital Association McKesson Quest for Quality Prize.
American Hospital Association, McKesson Corporation, McKesson Foundation. 

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