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Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Long-Term Care Setting: An Analysis of Reports from Pennsylvania

Patient Safety, 2020
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest repository of patient safety data in the United States. In addition to over 3.6 million Acute Care records, PA-PSRS has collected more than 330,000 Long-Term Care (LTC) healthcare ...
Shawn Kepner, Amy Harper, Rebecca Jones, Caitlyn Allen, Regina Hoffman, Daniel Glunk, Eric Weitz, Stanton N. Smullens   +7 more
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September 2019-Printed Issue

Patient Safety, 2019
Welcome to the first issue of Patient Safety! Brought to you by the Patient Safety Authority, an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this brand-new journal is unlike any other you’ve seen. Since patients are at the heart of everything
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September 2020-Printed Issue

Patient Safety, 2020
The fall 2020 issue of Patient Safety is available to read and download at no charge. Each issue features the latest evidence-based research, thoughtful commentaries and editorials, interviews with healthcare leaders and safety advocates, and powerful ...
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2019 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting: An Analysis of Serious Events and Incidents from the Nation’s Largest Event Reporting Database

Patient Safety, 2020
Pennsylvania is the only state that requires acute healthcare facilities to report all events of harm or potential for harm. With over 3.6 million acute care event reports, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest ...
Shawn Kepner, Rebecca Jones, Regina Hoffman, Caitlyn Allen, Daniel Glunk, Eric Weitz, Stanton Smullens   +6 more
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Quality standards for safe medication in nursing homes: development through a multistep approach including a Delphi consensus study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The aim of the study was to develop quality standards reflecting minimal requirements for safe medication processes in nursing homes.Design In a first step, relevant key topics for safe medication processes were deducted from a systematic ...
Andrea Niederhauser, David L B Schwappach, Lea Domenica Brühwiler, Simone Fischer   +3 more
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Patient Safety Concerns in COVID-19–Related Events: A Study of 343 Event Reports From 71 Hospitals in Pennsylvania

Patient Safety, 2020
COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) was declared a pandemic and has had a profound impact on healthcare systems, which may increase the risk of patient harm.
Matthew Taylor, Shawn Kepner, Lea Anne Gardner, Rebecca Jones   +3 more
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March 2023-Printed Issue

Patient Safety, 2023
The spring 2023 issue of *Patient Safety* is available to read and download at no charge. This issue features four articles that came out of the Patient Safety Authority’s first master class in writing quality improvement studies.
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Compliance with the surgical safety checklist in Switzerland: an observational multicenter study based on self-reported data

Patient Safety in Surgery, 2022
Background Since publication of the surgical safety checklist by the WHO in 2009, it has been introduced in many hospitals. However, frequency and quality of surgical safety checklist use is often low probably limiting the effectiveness of the checklist ...
Annemarie Fridrich, Anita Imhof, David L. B. Schwappach   +2 more
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Process Failures That Increase the Risk of Infection Through Respiratory Droplets: A Study of Patient Safety Events Reported by Hospitals Across Pennsylvania

Patient Safety, 2020
Respiratory pathogens can lead to pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and death. Rapid identification, along with appropriate standard and isolation precautions, are necessary to prevent the spread of infectious agents causing respiratory infections.
Amy Harper, Elizabeth Kukielka, Rebecca Jones   +2 more
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The risk-value trade-off: price and brand information impact consumers’ intentions to purchase OTC drugs

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2021
Background European countries face fiscal pressure regarding the long-term sustainability of their healthcare system due to increasing levels of public health expenditures and mounting demographic pressures.
Lisa Aufegger, Celine Yanar, Ara Darzi, Colin Bicknell   +3 more
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