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2. Quarterly update on wrong-site surgery: do you really want to wake the patient up and start over?

Author(s):
Clarke, John R., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2015
Subject(s):
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Intraoperative Care
Perioperative Care
Preoperative Care
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

3. Choosing Wisely® recommendation analysis: prioritizing opportunities for reducing inappropriate care : preoperative stress testing

Author(s):
Reed, Sarah Jane, author
Pearson, Steve, author
Publication:
[Boston, MA] : Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, [2015]
Subject(s):
Exercise Test -- utilization
Preoperative Care
Unnecessary Procedures -- statistics & numerical data
Cost Savings
Societies, Medical
Humans
United States

4. Kettering and Sycamore Medical Centers: committing resources to surgical quality

Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
Subject(s):
Hospital Administration
Hospitals, Teaching
Hospitals, Voluntary
Organizational Case Studies
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Quality Assurance, Health Care -- organization & administration
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Anti-Bacterial Agents -- therapeutic use
Blood Glucose
Body Temperature
Infection control
Intraoperative Care
Perioperative Care
Postoperative Care
Preoperative Care
Humans
Ohio
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

5. Surgical site markers: putting your mark on patient safety

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Equipment Contamination -- prevention & control
Equipment Reuse
Ink
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Preoperative Care
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Chlorhexidine
Equipment Safety
Gentian Violet
Iodine
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2-Propanol
Skin
Writing
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

9. Assessment tools help diagnose obstructive sleep apnea

Author(s):
Wallace, Susan C., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2014
Subject(s):
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Mass Screening
Postoperative Complications -- diagnosis
Preoperative Care
Risk Assessment
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive -- complications
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive -- diagnosis
Surveys and Questionnaires
Nurse's Role
Patient safety
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Risk Factors
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States