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1. How wet is your patient's bed?: blood, urine, and microbiological contamination of mattresses and mattress covers

Author(s):
Sivek, Amanda, author
Davis, James, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2018
Subject(s):
Bedding and Linens -- adverse effects
Beds -- adverse effects
Body Fluids
Equipment Contamination
Equipment Safety
Bedding and Linens -- microbiology
Beds -- microbiology
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Equipment Failure
Infection Control
Maintenance
Patient Safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

2. Snip-it safety

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2004
Subject(s):
Surgical Instruments -- adverse effects
Wounds, Penetrating -- epidemiology
Wounds, Penetrating -- etiology
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Equipment Contamination
Infection control
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Safety
Wounds, Penetrating -- prevention & control
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

3. Strategies to fully implement infection control practices in Pennsylvania ambulatory surgical facilities

Author(s):
Bradley, Sharon, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Infection control
Surgicenters -- standards
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures -- standards
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Data Collection
Disinfection
Equipment Contamination
Equipment Reuse
Hand Disinfection
Injections
Inservice Training
Patient safety
Sterilization
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

4. Peripheral vascular catheter-related infection: dwelling on dwell time

Author(s):
Davis, James, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2014]
Subject(s):
Bacteremia -- prevention & control
Catheterization, Central Venous -- adverse effects
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Staphylococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Time Factors
Equipment Contamination
Staphylococcus aureus
Humans
United States

5. Prevent the occurrence of bloodborne disease transmission associated with unsafe injection practices

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Blood-Borne Pathogens
Communicable Disease Control -- methods
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Disease Transmission, Infectious -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Injections, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Cross Infection -- transmission
Equipment Contamination
Guideline Adherence
Needle Sharing -- adverse effects
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Syringes -- adverse effects
Humans
United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

6. The current state of "wrong patient" insulin pen injections

Author(s):
Gaunt, Michael J., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2015
Subject(s):
Equipment Contamination
Injections
Insulin
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Needles
Forecasting
Medication Errors -- trends
Patient Identification Systems
Patient safety
Self Administration -- instrumentation
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States