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Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. January 30, 2005
Protect Patients Against Preventable Harm from Improper Use of Single-dose⁄Single-use Vials. May 16, 2012
Agency information collection activities: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN); comment request. October 13, 2021
Opioid prescribing in the United States before and after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2016 opioid guideline. September 12, 2018
Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications for Coronavirus Disease 2019. December 23, 2020
Solicitation for written comments on draft National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention. September 18, 2013
Request for comments on the proposed measures and 2020 targets for the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: inpatient and outpatient measures for reduction of adverse drug events from anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioid analgesics. November 2, 2016
Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized controlled trial. December 2, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring prevention efforts. February 7, 2022
Nosocomial transmission and outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019: the need to protect both patients and healthcare workers. January 27, 2021
Use of an electronic decision support tool to reduce polypharmacy in elderly people with chronic diseases: cluster randomised controlled trial. July 29, 2020
Use of simulation to measure the effects of just-in-time information to prevent nursing medication errors: a randomized controlled study. January 27, 2021
Healthcare-associated infections in Veterans Affairs acute-care and long-term healthcare facilities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. April 5, 2023
Optimizing Therapy to Prevent Avoidable Hospital Admissions in Multimorbid Older Adults (OPERAM): cluster randomised controlled trial. August 18, 2021
The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare-associated infections in 2020: a summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network. September 22, 2021
Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update. June 22, 2022
What is needed to sustain improvements in hospital practices post-COVID-19? A qualitative study of interprofessional dissonance in hospital infection prevention and control. May 4, 2022
Antidepressant and antipsychotic medication errors reported to United States poison control centers. November 28, 2018
Patient-related factors associated with an increased risk of being a reported case of preventable harm in first-line health care: a case-control study March 11, 2020
Understanding preventable deaths in the geriatric trauma population: analysis of 3,452,339 patients from the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services Database. December 1, 2021
The impact of COVID-19 response on central line associated bloodstream infections and blood culture contamination rates at a tertiary care center in greater Detroit area. December 16, 2020
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - United States, 2022. November 16, 2022
CDC guideline for opioid prescribing associated with reduced dispensing to certain patients with chronic pain. November 17, 2021
The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection prevention: a multi-center qualitative study. November 10, 2010
Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA) as an effective mechanism in preventing infection caused by accompanying caregivers during COVID-19-experience of a city medical center in Taiwan. January 27, 2021
Clostridium Difficile infection in the United States: a national study assessing preventive practices used and perceptions of practice evidence. May 20, 2015
A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. October 22, 2008
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care; Proposed Rule. June 29, 2016
Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned from AHRQ's HAI Program. October 29, 2014
Mix-up (wrong route of administration) of bladder irrigation with intravenous (IV) infusions. May 3, 2006
Patient Deaths at Arbour Health Systems—Westwood Lodge Hospital and Pembroke Hospital. March 21, 2018
Partnering with Patients and Families to Enhance Safety and Quality: A Mini Toolkit. December 7, 2011
Agency information collection activities: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN); comment request. October 13, 2021
FDA Safety Communication: update--robotically-assisted surgical devices in mastectomy. August 20, 2021
Patients and relatives as auditors of safe practices in oncology and hematology day hospitals. March 31, 2021
FDA updates vinca alkaloid labeling for preparation in intravenous infusion bags only. February 3, 2021
Delay or avoidance of medical care because of COVID-19-related concerns--United States, June 2020. October 7, 2020
Dramatic drop in cancer diagnoses amid COVID pandemic is cause for concern, doctors say. May 27, 2020
Association between cancer-specific adverse event triggers and mortality: a validation study. May 20, 2020
FDA alerts patients and health care professionals of EpiPen auto-injector errors related to device malfunctions and user administration. April 8, 2020
Oral chemotherapy: a home safety educational framework for healthcare providers, patients, and caregivers. February 19, 2020
Pharmaceutical interventions to improve safety of chemotherapy-treated cancer patients: a cross-sectional study. February 27, 2019
Instituting vincristine minibag administration: an innovative strategy using simulation to enhance chemotherapy safety. December 6, 2017