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“CORRECT” Classification and Reporting of a Patient Safety Event
Patient Safety, 2023 Patient Safety Authority
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Swallowed Dentures: An Analysis of Denture Impaction Events in Pennsylvania
Patient Safety, 2020 Tooth loss is a prevalent health concern affecting two-thirds of the geriatric population in the United States. Most patients replace missing teeth with dentures, which have the potential to become dislodged, swallowed, and stuck somewhere along the ...
Elizabeth Kukielka, Rebecca Jones
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Highlights of 2025 - Print Issue
Patient Safety**_The Patient Safety_ 2025 highlights issue is available online to read, download, print, and share at no charge. This special edition features some of the journal’s most-read articles from the last year, including original research, data analyses, and
Patient Safety Authority
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A Brief Analysis of Telemetry–Related Events
Patient Safety, 2019 Successful telemetry monitoring relies on timely clinician response to potentially life-threatening cardiac rhythm abnormalities. Breakdowns in the processes and procedures associated with telemetry monitoring, as well as improperly functioning telemetry
Elizabeth Kukielka +2 more
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Patient Safety and Patients' Rights [PDF]
AMA Journal of Ethics, 2004 Patient safety can be improved through the implementation of a physician reporting system, in which medical errors can be reported confidentially. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
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Patient Safety, 2020 Wrong-site surgery (WSS) is a well-known type of medical error that may cause a high degree of patient harm. In Pennsylvania, healthcare facilities are mandated to report WSS events, among other patient safety concerns, to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety
Robert Yonash, Matthew Taylor
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Safety Rounds: A Patient Safety Initiative
The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 2019 -
Heather, Kertland +4 more
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Highlights of 2024 - Print Issue
Patient Safety**The 2024 highlights issue of _Patient Safety_ is available to read online and download at no charge.** This issue highlights the Patient Safety Authority’s most-read articles from 2024, including original research, data analyses, safety ...
Patient Safety Authority
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Around the World in 16 Ways: Searching Internationally for Fall Prevention Strategies
Patient Safety, 2020 Pennsylvania fall rates have remained relatively steady over the past six years, ranging from 3.09–3.33 falls per 1,000 patient days. Other studies estimate that hospital falls occur at a rate of 3.56 per 1,000 patient days and 700,000 to 1 million ...
Caitlyn Allen, Susan C. Wallace
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Risky Business: Peripheral and Central Venous Catheters Both Pose Risks
Patient Safety, 2019 Venous access is an essential method of providing life-saving therapy. As part of intensive efforts to decrease the incidence of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), healthcare facilities may be increasing the use of short ...
Lynette Hathaway, Mary C. Magee
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