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Multidisciplinary Patient Care: Patient Safety

Current Information

Web-Based Resources

AHRQ Patient Safety
Joint Commissions's National Patient Safety Goals
2014
Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Review of Evidence Supporting Strategies to Improve Patient Safety
Annals of Internal Medicine supplement 2013 (free PDF links)
Patient Safety at Cleveland Clinic
Example of one hospital's communication to the public on patient safety

Articles on Patient Safety

Promoting a culture of safety as a patient safety strategy
Ann Intern Med 2013
Improving patient safety through transparency
NEJM 2013
National trends in patient safety for four common conditions, 2005-2011
NEJM 2013; AMI, CHF, Pneumonia, Surgery
Legal and Policy Interventions to Improve Patient Safety
Circulation 2016
Rapid-response systems as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review
Ann Intern Med 2013

Restraint Use in Hospitalized Patients

Chemical Restraint
Medscape Review 2016
Evaluaiton and Management of the acutely agitated elderly patient
Mt Sinai J Med 2006 Nassisi

When and how to use restraints
American Nurse Today 2016
Choosing the right restraint
American Nurse Today 2016
Interventions for preventing and managing aggressive patients admitted to an acute hospital setting: a systematic review
Worldviews Evidence Based Nursing 2011 Review
The violent or agitated patient
Emerg Med Clinics 2010 Rossi
Caring for patients with dementia in an acute care environment
Geriatric Nursing 2004 McCloskey

E-Book

Understanding Patient Safety by Robert Wachter
ISBN: 9780071765787
Publication Date: 2012-05-02

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