Patient Safety

Inside:

• Capturing pharmacy interventions as near misses
• Prevent QI from stretching your resources too thin
• When is
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Did you notice a significant change in the Universal Protocol™ (UP) recently? No? We’re not surprised. Most of us missed the fact that The Joint...Read More »

Q. What should hospitals be focusing on in 2011?Read More »

Editor’s note: The following column explores patient safety from the perspective of a newcomer to the patient safety field. Columnist ...Read More »

Many of those who work in hospitals know there is always potential for staff to make mistakes, and that those mistakes might cause patient harm....Read More »

Preventing medical errors and patient harm is a top priority for most hospitals. Physicians, nurses, and other clinicians do not enter their...Read More »

Inside:

• Disclosure-with-offer program provides more transparent culture
• Changing clinician behavior proves a challenge
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Most clinicians understand the dangers multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) present to patients. Most also understand that these germs are easily...Read More »

Editor’s note: The following column answers some data-related questions on “Patient Safety Talk,” an HCPro listserv that addresses many...Read More »

True or false: When preparing to administer blood or blood products, it is important to use a two-person verification process to ensure that the...Read More »