Category: Quality

Top 10 infection control, patient safety stories in 2018

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A web application to involve patients in the medication reconciliation process: a user-centered usability and usefulness study.

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Marien S, Legrand D, Ramdoyal R, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25:1488-1500.

Shifting and sharing: academic physicians’ strategies for navigating underperformance and failure.

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LaDonna KA, Ginsburg S, Watling C. Acad Med. 2018;93:1713-1718.

Preventing central line–associated bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit: application of high-reliability principles.

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McCraw B, Crutcher T, Polancich S, Jones P. J Healthc Qual. 2018;40:392-397.

Prevalence of and factors associated with patient nondisclosure of medically relevant information to clinicians.

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Levy AG, Scherer AM, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Larkin K, Barnes GD, Fagerlin A. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1:e185293.

Developing a reporting culture: learning from close calls and hazardous conditions.

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Sentinel Event Alert. December 10, 2018;(60):1-8.

Selected medication safety risks that can easily fall off the radar screen—part 1, part 2, and part 3.

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Grissinger M. P T. 2018;43:521,567;585-586;645-646,666.

Defining and classifying terminology for medication harm: a call for consensus.

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Falconer N, Barras M, Martin J, Cottrell N. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2018 Oct 11; [Epub ahead of print].

Patient groups, clinicians and healthcare professionals agree—all test results need to be seen, understood and followed up.

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Dahm MR, Georgiou A, Herkes R, et al. Diagnosis (Berl). 2018;5:215-222.

Adverse events during dental care for children: implications for practitioner health and wellness.

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Nainar SMH. Pediatr Dent. 2018;40:323-326.