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2. Results of the PA-HEN organization assessment of safe practices for a class of high-alert medications

Author(s):
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Lamis, Rebecca L., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Care Team
Patient safety
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects
Monitoring, Physiologic
Nursing Assessment
Pain Measurement
Practice Guidelines as Topic -- standards
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

3. Falls rates improved in Southeastern Pennsylvania: the impact of a regional initiative to standardize falls reporting

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Documentation -- standards
Interinstitutional Relations
Mandatory Reporting
Patient safety
Regional Medical Programs -- organization & administration
Aged
Data Collection -- methods
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Health Care Surveys
Hospitals
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

5. Class III obese patients: the effect of gait and immobility on patient falls

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Pagano, Maryann, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Gait
Mobility Limitation
Obesity -- complications
Moving and Lifting Patients -- instrumentation
Moving and Lifting Patients -- methods
Patient Care Team
Patient safety
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Transportation of Patients -- methods
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

6. 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