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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dennis Quaid's Quest.

Grant M. AARP The Magazine. September/October 2010;53:48-51,90-91.

REVIEW

The high-reliability pediatric intensive care unit.

Niedner MF, Muething SE, Sutcliffe KM. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2013;60:563-580.

COMMENTARY

Quality: performance improvement, teamwork, information technology and protocols.

Coleman NE, Pon S. Crit Care Clin. 2013;29:129-151.

STUDY

Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: business case for quality improvement.

Nowak JE, Brilli RJ, Lake MR, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010;11:579-587.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

STUDY

Implementation of the Josie King Care Journal in a pediatric intensive care unit: a quality improvement project.

Turner K, Frush K, Hueckel R, Relf MV, Thornlow D, Champagne MT. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012 Oct 31; [Epub ahead of print].

AUDIOVISUAL

Medical Mistakes: Dr. Oz Talks to Actor Dennis Quaid.

The Oprah Winfrey Show. March 10, 2009.

COMMENTARY

Improving safety throughout the medication use process in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Asdigha MN. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1067-1075.

STUDY

NICU medication errors: identifying a risk profile for medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Stavroudis TA, Shore AD, Morlock L, Hicks RW, Bundy D, Miller MR. J Perinatol. 2010;30:459-468.

STUDY

Patient misidentification in the neonatal intensive care unit: quantification of risk.

Gray JE, Suresh G, Ursprung R, et al. Pediatrics. 2006;117:e43-e47.

COMMENTARY

Where’s the Feeding Tube?

Metheny MA., Meert KL, AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

STUDY

Prevention of potential errors in resuscitation medications orders by means of a computerised physician order entry in paediatric critical care.

Vardi A, Efrati O, Levin I, et al. Resuscitation. 2007;73:400-406.

COMMENTARY

A case of the birth and death of a high reliability healthcare organisation.

Roberts KH, Madsen P, Desai V, Van Stralen D. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:216-220.

STUDY

Computerized provider order entry implementation: no association with increased mortality rates in an intensive care unit.

Del Beccaro MA, Jeffries HE, Eisenberg MA, Harry ED. Pediatrics. 2006;118:290-295.

STUDY

Intervention to reduce transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care.

Huskins WC, Huckabee CM, O'Grady NP, et al; STAR*ICU Trial Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1407-1418.

STUDY

Effectiveness of a barcode medication administration system in reducing preventable adverse drug events in a neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

Morriss FH Jr, Abramowitz PW, Nelson SP, et al. J Pediatr. 2009;197:678-685.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Baby's death spotlights safety risks linked to computerized systems.

Graham J, Dizikes C. Chicago Tribune. June 27, 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dangerous infections are more likely in pediatric intensive-care units.

Consumer Reports. January 26, 2012.

STUDY

Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code–assisted medication administration system.

Morriss FH, Jr, Abramowitz PW, Nelson SP, Milavetz G, Michael SL, Gordon SN. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:57-62.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Medical Event Data Collection and Analysis Service (MEDCAS).

Cognitive Technologies Laboratory, University of Chicago.

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