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11. Beyond the count: preventing retention of foreign objects

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2009
Subject(s):
Foreign Bodies -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Perioperative Care -- methods
Automatic Data Processing -- methods
Communication
Disclosure
Foreign Bodies -- diagnostic imaging
Radio Waves
Radiography
Risk Factors
Safety Management -- methods
Surgical Instruments
Surgical Sponges
Humans
United States

12. Colon perforations complicating colonoscopies: what is the best known evidence for prevention?

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Colon -- injuries
Colonoscopy -- adverse effects
Colonoscopy -- methods
Intestinal Perforation -- etiology
Intestinal Perforation -- prevention & control
Colonic Diseases -- diagnosis
Evidence-Based Medicine
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

13. Examining the drivers of readmissions and reducing unnecessary readmissions for better patient care

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : American Hospital Association, [2011]
Subject(s):
Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Quality of Health Care
Comorbidity
Follow-Up Studies
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Medicare
Mortality
Patient Discharge
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Humans
United States
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16. Management of MRSA in ambulatory surgical facilities

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):
Ambulatory Care
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Infection Control
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Surgicenters
Health Care Surveys
Methicillin Resistance
Patient Isolation
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

18. Management of unanticipated difficult intubation

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):
Intubation, Intratracheal -- methods
Patient Care Management -- methods
Airway Obstruction
Anesthesiology -- instrumentation
Anesthesiology -- methods
Emergency Medical Services -- methods
Hypoxia -- prevention & control
Intubation, Intratracheal -- instrumentation
Laryngeal Masks
Positive-Pressure Respiration -- instrumentation
Positive-Pressure Respiration -- methods
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Humans
United States

20. 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.)