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Patient Safety Certificate Program.
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. September 11-15, 2017; Constellation Energy Building, Baltimore, MD.
This course will cover various patient safety topics, including key concepts and human factors engineering strategies. The program will also explore the comprehensive unit-based safety program model of safety improvement. Participants will be engaged in problem-solving and developing patient safety initiatives.
Journal Article > Meeting/Conference Proceedings
Patient safety in North America: beyond "operate through your initials" and "sign your site."
Wong DA, Lewis B, Herndon J, Martin C Jr, Brooks R. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91:1534-1541.
This article highlights the discussion at a joint symposium between Canadian and American orthopedic associations. The authors discuss the state of patient safety, wrong-site surgery, and future areas for improvement initiatives.
Journal Article > Commentary
Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.
Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.
This article summarizes results from a conference regarding heparin errors, their epidemiology, and error types along with ways to increase safety.
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Standardizing Medication Labels: Confusing Patients Less, Workshop Summary.
Hernandez LM; for Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2008.
Depicting how medication labels and instructions confuse patients, this report addresses ambulatory medication safety and offers recommendations on how to standardize pharmacy labels to help prevent errors.