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1. Quarterly update on wrong-site surgery: facilities with barriers to best practices may experience more wrong-site surgeries

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012

Subject(s):

Benchmarking
Health Facilities -- standards
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- trends
Process Assessment, Health Care
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Pennsylvania
United States

2. Standardized emergency codes may minimize "code confusion"

Author(s):

Wallace, Susan C., author
Finley, Edward, author

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2015

Subject(s):

Emergencies
Emergency Medical Services -- standards
Health Facilities -- standards
Hospital Communication Systems -- standards
Hospitals -- standards
Patient Safety -- standards
Terminology as Topic
Pennsylvania
United States

3. What keeps facilities from implementing best practices to prevent wrong-site surgery?: barriers and strategies for overcoming them

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012

Subject(s):

Benchmarking
Health Facilities -- standards
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Task Performance and Analysis
Pennsylvania
United States

4. Comments from Pennsylvania medical professional societies on the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's potential recommendations to prevent wrong-site surgery and the Authority's responses

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012

Subject(s):

Benchmarking
Health Facilities -- standards
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Task Performance and Analysis
Process Assessment, Health Care
Pennsylvania
United States