Category: AHRQ

Moving patient safety into ambulatory settings and beyond.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Ricciardi R, Shofer M. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018;33:195-199.

More than 1 million potential second victims: how many could nursing education prevent?

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Jones JH, Treiber LA. Nurse Educ. 2018;43:154-157.

Four states with robust prescription drug monitoring programs reduced opioid dosages.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Haffajee RL, Mello MM, Zhang F, Zaslavsky AM, Larochelle MR, Wharam JF. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:964-974.

The safety stand-down: a technique for improving and sustaining hand hygiene compliance among health care personnel.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Cunningham D, Brilli RJ, McClead RE Jr, Davis JT. J Patient Saf. 2018;14:107-111.

Using drug knowledgebase information to distinguish between look-alike-sound-alike drugs.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Cheng CM, Salazar A, Amato MG, Lambert BL, Volk LA, Schiff GD. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018 May 22; [Epub ahead of print].

Diagnostic errors and the bedside clinical examination.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Clark BW, Derakhshan A, Desai SV. Med Clin North Am. 2018;102:453-464.

Empowering patients and agents to help prevent errors with living wills, DNRs, and POLSTs.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Hoffman RM, Mirarchi FL. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2018;15.

10 Facts on Patient Safety.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2018.

A multi-hospital before–after observational study using a point-prevalence approach with an infusion safety intervention bundle to reduce intravenous medication administration errors.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Schnock KO, Dykes PC, Albert J, et al. Drug Saf. 2018;41:591-602.

Medicare takes aim at boomerang hospitalizations of nursing home patients.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Rau J. Kaiser Health News. June 13, 2018.