AHRQ Patient Safety Network - What's New: REVIEW AND STUDY

AHRQ Patient Safety Network - What's New

Review

Automated and electronically assisted hand hygiene monitoring systems: a systematic review.

Ward MA, Schweizer ML, Polgreen PM, Gupta K, Reisinger HS, Perencevich EN. Am J Infect Control. 2014;42:472-478.

Patient complaints in healthcare systems: a systematic review and coding taxonomy.

Reader TW, Gillespie A, Roberts J. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 May 29; [Epub ahead of print].

Study

A retrospective review of crisis events in diagnostic radiology: an analysis of frequency, demographics, etiologies, and outcomes.

Tindel MS, Darby JM, Simmons RL. J Patient Saf. 2014;10:111-116.

Activation of a medical emergency team using an electronic medical recording–based screening system.

Huh JW, Lim CM, Koh Y, et al. Crit Care Med. 2014;42:801-808.

CDC central-line bloodstream infection prevention efforts produced net benefits of at least $640 million during 1990–2008.

Scott RD II, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Wise ME, et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014;33:1040-1047.

Characterisations of adverse events detected in a university hospital: a 4-year study using the Global Trigger Tool method.

Rutberg H, Risberg MB, Sjödahl R, Nordqvist P, Valter, L, Nilsson L. BMJ Open. 2014;4:e004879.

Characteristics of medical professional liability claims against internists.

Mangalmurti SS, Harold JG, Parikh P, Flannery FT, Oetgen WJ. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:993-995.

Escalation of care in surgery: a systematic risk assessment to prevent avoidable harm in hospitalized patients.

Johnston M, Arora S, Anderson O, King D, Behar N, Darzi A. Ann Surg. 2014 May 30; [Epub ahead of print].

Paediatric nurses' adherence to the double-checking process during medication administration in a children's hospital: an observational study.

Alsulami Z, Choonara I, Conroy S. J Adv Nurs. 2014;70:1404-1413.

The effect of audible alarms on anaesthesiologists' response times to adverse events in a simulated anaesthesia environment: a randomised trial.

de Man FR, Erwteman M, van Groeningen D, et al. Anaesthesia. 2014;69:598-603.