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2003. Falls rates improved in Southeastern Pennsylvania: the impact of a regional initiative to standardize falls reporting

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Documentation -- standards
Interinstitutional Relations
Mandatory Reporting
Patient safety
Regional Medical Programs -- organization & administration
Aged
Data Collection -- methods
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Health Care Surveys
Hospitals
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

2005. Falls risk assessment: a foundational element of falls prevention programs

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Program Development
Risk Assessment -- methods
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Aged
Guideline Adherence
Health Status Indicators
Mobility Limitation
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

2006. Events associated with the prescribing, dispensing, and administering of medication loading doses

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Administration Schedule
Drug Dosage Calculations
Drug Monitoring
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Guideline Adherence
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Standard of Care
Time Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

2008. The breadth of hospital-acquired pneumonia: nonventilated versus ventilated patients in Pennsylvania

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- epidemiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- prevention & control
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- epidemiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- prevention & control
Cross Infection -- etiology
Cross Infection -- microbiology
Cross Infection -- mortality
Dental Hygienists -- statistics & numerical data
Hospital Departments
Incidence
Intubation, Intratracheal -- adverse effects
Intubation, Intratracheal -- instrumentation
Life Support Care
Oral Hygiene
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- etiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- microbiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- mortality
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- etiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- microbiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- mortality
Respiration, Artificial -- adverse effects
Risk Factors
Tracheostomy
Ventilators, Mechanical -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

2009. Comments from Pennsylvania medical professional societies on the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's potential recommendations to prevent wrong-site surgery and the Authority's responses

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Benchmarking
Health Facilities -- standards
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Task Performance and Analysis
Health Care Surveys
Organizational Policy
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Societies, Medical
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

2010. Analysis of the multiple risks involving the use of IV fentaNYL

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Analgesics, Opioid -- administration & dosage
Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects
Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use
Anesthetics, Intravenous -- administration & dosage
Anesthetics, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Anesthetics, Intravenous -- therapeutic use
Fentanyl -- administration & dosage
Fentanyl -- adverse effects
Fentanyl -- therapeutic use
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
Infusions, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Pain Management -- methods
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States