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1561. Pressure ulcers: new staging, reporting, and risk reduction strategies

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Pressure Ulcer -- prevention & control
Cost of Illness
Documentation
Hospitals
Medical History Taking
Medical Records
Patient Positioning
Pressure Ulcer -- classification
Pressure Ulcer -- diagnosis
Pressure Ulcer -- economics
Risk Management
Skin Care
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

1563. Tubular dressing retainer: retention without restriction

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Bandages -- adverse effects
Finger Injuries -- etiology
Finger Injuries -- prevention & control
Infarction -- etiology
Infarction -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Vascular System Injuries -- etiology
Vascular System Injuries -- prevention & control
Equipment Safety
Fingers -- blood supply
Inservice Training
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

1564. Surgical site markers: putting your mark on patient safety

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Equipment Contamination -- prevention & control
Equipment Reuse
Ink
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Preoperative Care
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Chlorhexidine
Equipment Safety
Gentian Violet
Iodine
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2-Propanol
Skin
Writing
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

1565. Multidrug-resistant organisms--strategies to reduce infection

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Infection Control -- organization & administration
Anti-Bacterial Agents -- therapeutic use
Guideline Adherence
Guidelines as Topic
Hand Disinfection
Health Facilities
Inservice Training
Organizational Culture
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

1567. Prevention of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Body Temperature Regulation
Hypothermia -- prevention & control
Intraoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Postoperative Care
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Body Temperature
Heating -- methods
Hot Temperature -- therapeutic use
Hypothermia -- complications
Hypothermia -- etiology
Hypothermia -- therapy
Intraoperative Complications -- etiology
Intraoperative Complications -- therapy
Monitoring, Intraoperative -- methods
Perioperative Care -- methods
Perioperative Period
Postoperative Complications -- etiology
Postoperative Complications -- therapy
Preoperative Care -- methods
Rewarming
Risk Management
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

1568. Sterile water should not be given "freely"

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Fluid Therapy -- adverse effects
Hypernatremia -- therapy
Infusions, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Water -- adverse effects
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance -- complications
Contraindications
Fluid Therapy
Hypotonic Solutions
Product Packaging
Risk Management
Sodium -- blood
Water -- administration & dosage
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance -- therapy
Medication Errors
Osmolar Concentration
Treatment Outcome
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

1569. Icodextrin in peritoneal dialysis solution may cause falsely high blood glucose readings

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Blood Glucose -- analysis
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring -- instrumentation
False Positive Reactions
Hemodialysis Solutions
Point-of-Care Systems
Diagnostic Equipment
Galactose -- blood
Maltose -- blood
Patient Education as Topic
Xylose -- blood
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States