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STUDY
An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.
Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2725-2732.
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Iatrogenic events resulting in intensive care admission: frequency, cause, and disclosure to patients and institutions.
Lehmann LS, Puopolo AL, Shaykevich S, Brennan TA. Am J Med. 2005;118:409-413.
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Critical care delivery in the United States: distribution of services and compliance with Leapfrog recommendations.
Angus DC, Shorr AF, White A, Dremsizov TT, Schmitz RJ, Kelley MA, on behalf of the Committee on Manpower for Pulmonary and Critical Care Societies (COMPACCS). Crit Care Med. 2006;34:1016-1024.
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Discontinuity of chronic medications in patients discharged from the intensive care unit.
Bell CM, Rahimi-Darabad P, Orner AI. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21:937-941.
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National study on the distribution, causes, and consequences of voluntarily reported medication errors between the ICU and non-ICU settings.
Latif A, Rawat N, Pustavoitau A, Pronovost PJ, Pham JC. Crit Care Med. 2013;41:389-398.
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Comparison and interpretation of urinalysis performed by a nephrologist versus a hospital-based clinical laboratory.
Tsai JJ, Yeun JY, Kumar VA, Don BR. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005;46:820-829.
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An observational study of changes to long-term medication after admission to an intensive care unit.
Campbell AJ, Bloomfield R, Noble DW. Anaesthesia.
2006;61:1087-1092.
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Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program.
Pronovost P, Weast B, Rosenstein B. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:33-40.
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Costs of adverse events in intensive care units.
Kaushal R, Bates DW, Franz C, Soukup JR, Rothschild JM. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:2479-2483.
COMMENTARY
Using incident reporting to improve patient safety: a conceptual model.
Pronovost PJ, Holzmueller CG, Young J, et al. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:27-33.
STUDY
Personalised performance feedback reduces narcotic prescription errors in a NICU.
Sullivan KM, Suh S, Monk H, Chuo J. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:256-262.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Intensivists: an Rx for the ICU?
Meyers S. Trustee. March 2006;59:29-30.
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Direct observation approach for detecting medication errors and adverse drug events in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Buckley MS, Erstad BL, Kopp BJ, Theodorou AA, Priestley G. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007;8:145-152.
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Communication in critical care environments: mobile telephones improve patient care.
Soto RG, Chu LF, Goldman JM, Rampil IJ, Ruskin KJ. Anesth Analg. 2006;102:535-541.
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Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical patients.
Haller G, Myles PS, Wolfe R, Weeks AM, Stoelwinder J, McNeil J. Anesthesiology. 2005;103:1121-1129.
COMMENTARY
One intensive care nursery's experience with enhancing patient safety.
Alton M, Mericle J, Brandon D. Adv Neonatal Care. 2006;6:112-119.
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Using system analysis to build a safety culture: improving the reliability of epidural analgesia.
Garnerin P, Huchet-Belouard A, Diby M, Clergue F. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2006;50:1114-1119.
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Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians.
Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:2589-2600.
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Evidence-based red cell transfusion in the critically ill: quality improvement using computerized physician order entry.
Rana R, Afessa B, Keegan MT, et al; Transfusion in the ICU Interest Group. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:1892-1897.
REVIEW
Failure mode and effects analysis application to critical care medicine.
Duwe B, Fuchs BD, Hansen-Flaschen J. Crit Care Clin. 2005;21:21-30, vii.
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