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The safety of intravenous drug delivery systems: update on current issues since the 1999 Consensus Development Conference. March 4, 2009
Morphine overdose from error propagation on an acute pain service: [Une surdose de morphine resultant de multiples erreurs dans un service de douleur aigue]. June 21, 2006
Bias in the ER. Doctors suffer from the same cognitive distortions as the rest of us. February 22, 2017
Medication errors affecting pediatric patients: unique challenges for this special population. October 7, 2015
Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, Third Edition. June 22, 2016
Dangerous connections: health care community tackles tubing risks, small-bore connector standards. July 11, 2012
Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care. September 26, 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
How hepatitis probe led to clinic: old-fashioned legwork yielded clues that came together. March 12, 2008
Using patient safety science to explore strategies for improving safety in intravenous medication administration. November 1, 2006
Lives Lost, Lives Saved: An Updated Comparative Analysis of Avoidable Deaths at Hospitals Graded by The Leapfrog Group. June 12, 2019
Consumers' Priorities for Hospital Quality Improvement and Implications for Public Reporting. May 18, 2011
Wrong-patient medication errors: an analysis of event reports in Pennsylvania and strategies for prevention. June 12, 2013
Safety in the NICU: preventing medication errors with computerized provider order entry. January 9, 2008
2012 User Comparative Database Report: Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. June 27, 2012
The plague year. The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy. January 13, 2021
Children's Hospital investigated five patient deaths from deadly fungal disease in 2009. April 30, 2014
Fatal PCA adverse events continue to happen...better patient monitoring is essential to prevent harm. June 19, 2013