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902. Point-of-care technology: glucose meter's role in patient care

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Blood Glucose -- analysis
Delivery of Health Care -- methods
Diagnostic Equipment -- standards
Point-of-Care Systems -- standards
Blood Glucose -- drug effects
Communication
Diagnostic Errors -- adverse effects
Diagnostic Errors -- prevention & control
Inpatients
Laboratories, Hospital
Organizational Policy
Patient safety
Physical Examination
Reagent Strips
Reference Values
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

904. Quarterly update: what might be the impact of using the evidence-based best practices for preventing wrong-site surgery? : results of objective assessments of facilities' error analyses

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Evidence-Based Practice
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Systems Analysis
Mandatory Reporting
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

905. Medication errors: when pharmacy is closed

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Pharmaceutical Services -- organization & administration
Pharmacy Service, Hospital -- organization & administration
Drug Storage -- methods
Risk Management
Technology, Pharmaceutical
Humans
United States

906. Pennsylvania: on the CUSP of measuring infection prevention culture

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Organizational Culture
Safety Management -- organization & administration
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Catheterization, Central Venous -- adverse effects
Health Care Surveys
Health Facilities
Hospital Departments -- organization & administration
Quality of Health Care
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

907. Quarterly update on preventing wrong-site surgery

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- trends
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Systems Analysis
Disclosure
Forecasting
Information Dissemination
Nerve Block -- adverse effects
Nerve Block -- methods
Organizational Culture
Peripheral Nerves
Safety Management
Stents -- adverse effects
Ureter
Humans
United States

908. Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Inpatients
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Systems, Hospital -- organization & administration
Ownership
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage
Self Administration
Documentation
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Patient Education as Topic
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

909. Reducing risk of air embolism associated with central venous access devices

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Catheterization, Central Venous -- adverse effects
Embolism, Air -- prevention & control
Risk Management -- methods
Catheterization, Central Venous -- methods
Documentation
Embolism, Air -- epidemiology
Embolism, Air -- etiology
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States