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Association between long-term opioid use in family members and persistent opioid use after surgery among adolescents and young adults.
Harbaugh CM, Lee JS, Chua KP, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 Feb 27; [Epub ahead of print].
FDA Safety Communication: caution when using robotically-assisted surgical devices in women’s health including mastectomy and other cancer-related surgeries.
MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; February 28, 2019.
Unintended patient safety risks due to wireless smart infusion pump library update delays.
Hsu KY, DeLaurentis P, Bitan Y, Degnan DD, Yih Y. J Patient Saf. 2019;15:e8-e14.
Improving detection of intraoperative medical errors (iMEs) and intraoperative adverse events (iAEs) and their contribution to postoperative outcomes.
Chen Q, Rosen AK, Amirfarzan H, Rochman A, Itani KMF. Am J Surg. 2018;216:846-850.
Trends in anesthesia-related liability and lessons learned.
Mora JC, Kaye AD, Romankowski ML, Delahoussaye PJ, Urman RD, Przkora R. Adv Anesth. 2018;36:231-249.
Approaches and Challenges to Electronically Matching Patients’ Records Across Providers.
Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; January 2019. Publication GAO-19-197.
Health Quality Research Forum.
Queen’s University. May 10, 2019; Donald Gordon Conference Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada.
The association between organizational culture and the ability to benefit from “just culture” training.
David DS. J Patient Saf. 2019;15:e1-e7.
Hospital infection prevention: how much can we prevent and how hard should we try?
Bearman G, Doll M, Cooper K, Stevens MP. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2019;21:2.
Measuring hospital-acquired complications associated with low-value care.
Badgery-Parker T, Pearson SA, Dunn S, Elshaug AG. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Feb 25; [Epub ahead of print].
