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8661. Survey of emergency department practices in Pennsylvania hospitals to protect patients and staff

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Emergency Service, Hospital -- organization & administration
Organizational Culture
Patient Safety
Security Measures
Violence -- prevention & control
Data Collection
Guideline Adherence
Personnel, Hospital
Telecommunications
Violence -- statistics & numerical data
Workplace
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8662. Strategies to improve outcomes in nursing home residents with modifiable risk factors for respiratory tract infections

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Nursing Homes -- organization & administration
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Respiratory Tract Infections -- prevention & control
Risk Factors
Deglutition Disorders -- diagnosis
Evidence-Based Medicine
Immunization Programs
Influenza Vaccines
Influenza, Human -- immunology
Long-Term Care
Oral Hygiene
Respiratory Tract Infections -- epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections -- mortality
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8665. Survey of ambulatory surgical facility preoperative screening processes in Pennsylvania

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Health Care Surveys
Mass Screening
Preoperative Care -- methods
Surgicenters
Appointments and Schedules
Medical History Taking
Patient Transfer
Preoperative Care -- statistics & numerical data
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8666. Standardizing reporting of patient falls: a survey of Pennsylvania hospitals

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
Regional Medical Programs -- organization & administration
Data Collection -- methods
Health Care Surveys
Hospitals
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8667. Update on the prevention of retained surgical items

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Foreign Bodies -- prevention & control
Intraoperative Care -- methods
Intraoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Safety
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Safety Management
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- methods
Documentation
Needles
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Surgical Instruments -- adverse effects
Surgical Sponges -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8668. What keeps facilities from implementing best practices to prevent wrong-site surgery?: barriers and strategies for overcoming them

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)
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8669. Surgical fires: trends associated with prevention efforts

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Fires -- prevention & control
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- methods
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- trends
Academies and Institutes -- organization & administration
Databases, Factual
Disclosure
Fires -- statistics & numerical data
Guideline Adherence
Guidelines as Topic
Operating Rooms -- organization & administration
Risk Assessment
Safety Management
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8670. Wrong-patient medication errors: an analysis of event reports in Pennsylvania and strategies for prevention

Author(s):
Yang, Annie, author
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Electronic Prescribing
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Medication Systems, Hospital
Patient Identification Systems
Prescriptions
Risk Assessment
Self-Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States