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1. Optimal use of antibiotics for urinary tract infections in long-term care facilities: successful strategies prevent resident harm

Author(s):
Bradley, Sharon, author
Sheeran, Merewyn, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2017
Subject(s):
Anti-Bacterial Agents -- adverse effects
Anti-Bacterial Agents -- therapeutic use
Clostridium Infections -- prevention & control
Inappropriate Prescribing
Nursing Homes
Urinary Tract Infections -- drug therapy
Aged
Catheter-Related Infections -- drug therapy
Clostridium difficile
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Guideline Adherence
Patient safety
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

3. Falls risk assessment: a foundational element of falls prevention programs

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Program Development
Risk Assessment -- methods
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Aged
Guideline Adherence
Health Status Indicators
Mobility Limitation
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

4. Events associated with the prescribing, dispensing, and administering of medication loading doses

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Administration Schedule
Drug Dosage Calculations
Drug Monitoring
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Guideline Adherence
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Standard of Care
Time Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

5. 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
Health Care Surveys
Organizational Policy
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Societies, Medical
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

6. Infection control challenges: Pennsylvania nursing homes are making a difference through implementation of best practices

Author(s):
Feil, Michelle, author
Bradley, Sharon, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Guideline Adherence
Infection Control -- methods
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Catheter-Related Infections -- epidemiology
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Drug Resistance, Multiple
Hand Hygiene
Infection Control -- statistics & numerical data
Respiratory Tract Infections -- epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections -- prevention & control
Self-Assessment
Skin Diseases, Infectious -- epidemiology
Skin Diseases, Infectious -- prevention & control
Soft Tissue Infections -- epidemiology
Soft Tissue Infections -- prevention & control
Urinary Tract Infections -- epidemiology
Urinary Tract Infections -- prevention & control
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

7. Falls reduction and prevention update: Pennsylvania hospitals increase implementation of best practices

Author(s):
Feil, Michelle, author
Hunt, Christina, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2014]
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Hospitals
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Data Collection
Medication Therapy Management
Patient Education as Topic
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8. Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers remain a top concern for hospitals

Author(s):
Feil, Michelle, author
Bisbee, Janette, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2015
Subject(s):
Hospitals
Pressure Ulcer -- epidemiology
Pressure Ulcer -- etiology
Pressure Ulcer -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient safety
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Management
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

9. Update on the prevention of retained surgical items

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Foreign Bodies -- prevention & control
Intraoperative Care -- methods
Intraoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Safety
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Safety Management
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- methods
Documentation
Needles
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Surgical Instruments -- adverse effects
Surgical Sponges -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

10. 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
Health Care Surveys
Organizational Policy
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States