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27051. Quarterly update: progress in preventing wrong-site surgery in Pennsylvania

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):: Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- trends
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Systems Analysis
Forecasting
Knee -- surgery
Prospective Studies
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

27052. Management of unanticipated difficult intubation

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):: Intubation, Intratracheal -- methods
Patient Care Management -- methods
Airway Obstruction
Anesthesiology -- instrumentation
Anesthesiology -- methods
Emergency Medical Services -- methods
Hypoxia -- prevention & control
Intubation, Intratracheal -- instrumentation
Laryngeal Masks
Positive-Pressure Respiration -- instrumentation
Positive-Pressure Respiration -- methods
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Humans
United States

27053. Managing patient access and flow in the emergency department to improve patient safety

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):: Efficiency, Organizational
Emergency Service, Hospital -- trends
Health Services Accessibility
Process Assessment (Health Care) -- standards
Safety Management -- organization & administration
Communication
Crowding
Emergency Service, Hospital -- utilization
Forecasting
Patient Satisfaction
Risk Management
Time Factors
Triage -- methods
Humans
United States

27054. The dirt on flexible endoscope reprocessing

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):: Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Disinfection -- methods
Endoscopes -- standards
Equipment Contamination -- prevention & control
Sterilization -- methods
Blood-Borne Pathogens
Cross Infection -- transmission
Disinfection -- standards
Sterilization -- standards
Humans
United States

27055. Data snapshot: falls reported by behavioral health hospitals

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):: Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Age Factors
Hospitals -- statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- statistics & numerical data
Precipitating Factors
Risk Factors
Humans
United States

27056. Quarterly update: the evidence base for best practices for preventing wrong-site surgery

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):: Clinical Protocols
Evidence-Based Medicine
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Systems Analysis
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

27057. Skin and soft-tissue infections in long-term care

27058. Reducing errors in blood specimen labeling: a multihospital initiative

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):: Blood Specimen Collection -- methods
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Identification Systems -- methods
Product Labeling -- methods
Specimen Handling -- methods
Cooperative Behavior
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Safety
Humans
United States

27059. Prevent the occurrence of bloodborne disease transmission associated with unsafe injection practices

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):: Blood-Borne Pathogens
Communicable Disease Control -- methods
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Disease Transmission, Infectious -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Injections, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Cross Infection -- transmission
Equipment Contamination
Guideline Adherence
Needle Sharing -- adverse effects
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Syringes -- adverse effects
Humans
United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

27060. Data snapshot: errors involving methotrexate

Publication:: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):: Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic -- administration & dosage
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic -- adverse effects
Medication Errors
Methotrexate -- administration & dosage
Methotrexate -- adverse effects
Data Collection
Neoplasms -- drug therapy
Humans
United States