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1. Father Penn and John Barleycorn

Author(s):
Chalfant, Harry Malcolm, 1869-1932, author
Publication:
Harrisburg, PA : The Evangelical Press, [1920]
Subject(s):
Alcohol Drinking -- legislation & jurisprudence
Alcohol Drinking -- history
Alcohol Drinking -- prevention & control
Temperance -- history
Alcoholic Beverages -- history
Christianity -- history
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Pennsylvania

3. Perioperative medication errors: uncovering risk from behind the drapes

Author(s):
Cierniak, Kayla, author
Gaunt, Michael J., author
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2018
Subject(s):
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Documentation
Medical Order Entry Systems
Patient Safety
Patient Transfer
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

4. Are you ready to respond?: reports of high harm complications after surgery and invasive procedures

Author(s):
Magee, Mary C., author
Finley, Edward, author
Liberatore, Kim, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2018
Subject(s):
Clinical Deterioration
Failure to Rescue, Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
Intraoperative Complications -- mortality
Intraoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Postoperative Complications -- mortality
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effect
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- mortality
Anatomy
Blood Loss, Surgical
Blood Transfusion
Hospital Rapid Response Team
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Safety
Resuscitation -- methods
Treatment Outcome
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

5. From the database: deaths after ambulatory surgery

Author(s):
Liberatore, Kim, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2018
Subject(s):
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures -- mortality
Intraoperative Complications -- mortality
Postoperative Complications -- mortality
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- mortality
Age Factors
Forecasting
Mortality -- trends
Patient Safety
Sex Factors
Surgicenters
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

6. 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

10. A call to lead: the case for accelerating academic health center transformation

Publication:
Atlanta, GA : Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University, 2014
Subject(s):
Academic Medical Centers -- organization & administration
Health Care Reform
Hospitals, Teaching -- organization & administration
Leadership
Academic Medical Centers -- economics
Academic Medical Centers -- trends
Accountable Care Organizations
Economic Recession
Forecasting
Health Expenditures -- trends
Health Insurance Exchanges
Hospitals, Teaching -- economics
Hospitals, Teaching -- trends
Humans
Colorado
Georgia
Massachusetts
Michigan
Pennsylvania
United States
United States.

11. Latex: a lingering and lurking safety risk

Author(s):
Liberatore, Kim, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2018
Subject(s):
Latex Hypersensitivity -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Latex -- adverse effects
Latex Hypersensitivity -- epidemiology
Patient Safety
Perioperative Care
Risk Management
Urinary Catheters -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

12. Data snapshot: group A streptococcus in Pennsylvania long-term care facilities

Author(s):
Adkins, JoAnn, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2018
Subject(s):
Long-Term Care
Nursing Homes
Streptococcal Infections -- epidemiology
Streptococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Streptococcus pyogenes
Disease Outbreaks -- statistics & numerical data
Mandatory Reporting
Streptococcal Infections -- transmission
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

15. Surgical fires: decreasing incidence relies on continued prevention efforts

Author(s):
Burley, Mark E., author
Arnold, Theresa V., author
Finley, Edward, author
Deutsch, Ellen S., author
Treadwell, Jonathan R., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2018
Subject(s):
Fires -- prevention & control
Fires -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Errors -- trends
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Forecasting
Patient Safety
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

16. Identifying patient harm from direct oral anticoagulants

Author(s):
Valentine, David, author
Gaunt, Michael J., author
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2018
Subject(s):
Administration, Oral
Anticoagulants -- administration & dosage
Anticoagulants -- adverse effects
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antithrombins -- administration & dosage
Antithrombins -- adverse effects
Dabigatran -- administration & dosage
Dabigatran -- adverse effects
Forecasting
Hemorrhage -- chemically induced
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- trends
Middle Aged
Patient Safety
Rivaroxaban -- administration & dosage
Rivaroxaban -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

17. Combat norovirus infections in long-term care facilities

Author(s):
Bradley, Sharon, author
Finley, Edward, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2018
Subject(s):
Caliciviridae Infections -- epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections -- prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks -- statistics & numerical data
Norovirus
Nursing Homes
Gastroenteritis -- etiology
Gastroenteritis -- virology
Long-Term Care
Patient Care Team
Patient Safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

18. Adapting verification processes to prevent wrong radiology events

Author(s):
Field, Cynthia, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2018
Subject(s):
Diagnostic Imaging -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Radiology -- statistics & numerical data
Continuity of Patient Care
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Safety
Radiation Exposure -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

19. The breakup: errors when altering oral solid dosage forms

Author(s):
Ingram, Viktoriya, author
Gaunt, Michael J., author
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2018
Subject(s):
Capsules -- administration & dosage
Dosage Forms
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Prescription Drugs -- administration & dosage
Tablets -- administration & dosage
Drug Prescriptions
Enteral Nutrition
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

21. A second breadth: hospital-acquired pneumonia in Pennsylvania, nonventilated versus ventilated patients

Author(s):
Davis, James, author
Finley, Edward, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2018
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Pneumonia -- epidemiology
Pneumonia -- etiology
Pneumonia -- mortality
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- epidemiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- mortality
Patient Safety
Cross Infection -- economics
Cross Infection -- mortality
Hospitals
Pneumonia -- economics
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- economics
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

26. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the secretary of state of the State of Pennsylvania: also a letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Marine Hospital at Erie, Pa

Author(s):
Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth, author.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.?] : [publisher not identified], [1884?]
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Military
Hospital Design and Construction
Pennsylvania
United States. Marine Hospital (Erie, Pa.)

31. 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

36. Venous air emboli and automatic contrast media injectors

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2004
Subject(s):
Contrast Media
Embolism, Air -- etiology
Embolism, Air -- prevention & control
Injections, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Injections, Intra-Arterial -- adverse effects
Injections, Intravenous -- instrumentation
Injections, Intra-Arterial -- instrumentation
Equipment Safety
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Safety
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

37. A word about air detection devices

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2004
Subject(s):
Embolism, Air -- etiology
Embolism, Air -- prevention & control
Injections, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Injections, Intravenous -- instrumentation
Injections, Intra-Arterial -- adverse effects
Injections, Intra-Arterial -- instrumentation
Contrast Media
Equipment Safety -- instrumentation
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

46. Topical anesthetic-induced methemoglobinemia

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2005
Subject(s):
Anesthetics, Local -- adverse effects
Benzocaine -- adverse effects
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Methemoglobinemia -- chemically induced
Anesthetics, Local -- administration & dosage
Benzocaine -- administration & dosage
Drug Overdose
Patient Safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

57. Trial of Charles Getter, for the murder of his wife: late of Forks Township, Northampton County, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and General Goal Delivery, held at Easton, in and for the county of Northampton, on the third Monday of August, anno Domini, 1833 : containing the arguments of counsel, at length

Author(s):
Getter, Charles, -1833
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed at Alexander's General Print. Office, 1833
Subject(s):
Homicide
Pennsylvania
Getter, Rebecca, -1833.
Getter, Charles, -1833.

58. Rules to be observed in the care and management of quarantine, isolation and disinfection: instructions for the regulation of quarantine, isolation and disinfection in the sevaral communicable diseases

Author(s):
Pennsylvania. Department of Health, author.
Publication:
Pennsylvania : [publisher not identified], [1911?]
Subject(s):
Communicable Disease Control -- legislation & jurisprudence
Quarantine -- legislation & jurisprudence
Patient Isolation -- legislation & jurisprudence
Disinfection
Pennsylvania

62. An eulogium in memory of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush, professor of the institutes and practice of medicine and of clinical practice in the University of Pennsylvania: delivered and published at the request of the graduates and students of medicine in said university, in the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, on Thursday, the 8th of July, 1813

Author(s):
Staughton, William, 1770-1829, author
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by request of the graduates, 1813
Subject(s):
Physicians
Pennsylvania
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.

64. Prior authorization requirements for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors across US private and public payers

Author(s):
Doshi, Jalpa A., author
Puckett, Justin T., author
Parmacek, Michael S., author
Rader, Daniel J., author
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2018
Subject(s):
Eligibility Determination
Insurance Coverage
Insurance, Health
Proprotein Convertase 9 -- antagonists & inhibitors
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors -- economics
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors -- therapeutic use
Economics, Pharmaceutical
Formularies as Topic
Hypercholesterolemia -- drug therapy
Medicaid -- economics
Medicare -- economics
Private Sector
Public Sector
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

66. Creating better systems of care for adults with disabilities: lessons for policy and practice

Author(s):
Hostetter, Martha, author
Klein, Sarah, author
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, September 2018
Subject(s):
Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation
Health Services Accessibility
Health Services for Persons with Disabilities
Health Services Needs and Demand
Intellectual Disability -- rehabilitation
Intellectual Disability -- therapy
Mental Disorders -- rehabilitation
Mental Disorders -- therapy
Social Support
Employment
Healthcare Disparities
Long-Term Care
Managed Care Programs
Medicaid
Humans
Florida
Minnesota
New York City
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
United States

72. An act to establish a State Board of Health for the better protection of life and health, and to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases in this Commonwealth

Author(s):
Pennsylvania, enacting jurisdiction.
Publication:
[Pennsylvania?] : [publisher not identified], [1885?]
Subject(s):
Public Health Administration -- legislation & jurisprudence
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania. State Board of Health and Vital Statistics.

75. Point-of-care technology: glucose meter's role in patient care

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Blood Glucose -- analysis
Delivery of Health Care -- methods
Diagnostic Equipment -- standards
Point-of-Care Systems -- standards
Blood Glucose -- drug effects
Communication
Diagnostic Errors -- adverse effects
Diagnostic Errors -- prevention & control
Inpatients
Laboratories, Hospital
Organizational Policy
Patient safety
Physical Examination
Reagent Strips
Reference Values
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

77. Quarterly update: what might be the impact of using the evidence-based best practices for preventing wrong-site surgery? : results of objective assessments of facilities' error analyses

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Evidence-Based Practice
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Systems Analysis
Mandatory Reporting
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

78. Pennsylvania: on the CUSP of measuring infection prevention culture

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Organizational Culture
Safety Management -- organization & administration
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Catheterization, Central Venous -- adverse effects
Health Care Surveys
Health Facilities
Hospital Departments -- organization & administration
Quality of Health Care
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

79. Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Inpatients
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Systems, Hospital -- organization & administration
Ownership
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage
Self Administration
Documentation
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Patient Education as Topic
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

80. Reducing risk of air embolism associated with central venous access devices

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Catheterization, Central Venous -- adverse effects
Embolism, Air -- prevention & control
Risk Management -- methods
Catheterization, Central Venous -- methods
Documentation
Embolism, Air -- epidemiology
Embolism, Air -- etiology
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

83. Quarterly update on preventing wrong-site surgery

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- trends
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Systems Analysis
Disclosure
Forecasting
Informed Consent
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- statistics & numerical data
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

86. Multifaceted differences in implementation of practices for prevention of colorectal and bariatric surgical site infections

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Bariatric Surgery -- adverse effects
Colorectal Surgery -- adverse effects
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Surgical Wound Infection -- prevention & control
Surgical Wound Infection -- economics
Surgical Wound Infection -- epidemiology
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

88. 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
Evidence-Based Medicine
Forecasting
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

89. Results of the opioid knowledge assessment from the PA Hospital Engagement Network adverse drug event collaboration

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2013
Subject(s):
Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use
Community Networks
Cooperative Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Interinstitutional Relations
Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Pain -- drug therapy
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

91. 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

92. Spotlight on electronic health record errors: paper or electronic hybrid workflows

Author(s):
Sparnon, Erin, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Electronic Health Records
Electronic Prescribing
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medical Records
Records
Workflow
Documentation -- methods
Medical Informatics
Paper
Patient safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

93. Skin integrity, immobility, and pressure ulcers in class III obese patients

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Pagano, Maryann, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Immobilization -- adverse effects
Obesity -- complications
Pressure Ulcer -- etiology
Pressure Ulcer -- prevention & control
Skin -- pathology
Skin Care -- methods
Bariatric Medicine -- instrumentation
Communication
Hygiene
Inservice Training
Obesity, Morbid -- complications
Patient Positioning
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

94. Oral medications inadvertently given via the intravenous route

Author(s):
Shah-Mohammadi, Ali-Reza, author
Gaunt, Michael J., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Administration, Oral
Infusions, Intravenous
Injections, Intravenous
Patient safety
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage
Risk Management
Syringes
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

95. Spotlight on electronic health record errors: errors related to the use of default values

Author(s):
Sparnon, Erin, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Electronic Data Processing
Electronic Health Records
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Software
Equipment Design
Equipment Safety
Patient safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

96. 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.)

99. Preoperative screening and the influence on cancellations and transfers: an ambulatory surgical facility collaboration

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Bomboy, Jeff, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2014]
Subject(s):
Cooperative Behavior
Nursing Care
Patient Transfer -- statistics & numerical data
Preoperative Care -- methods
Surgicenters
Treatment Refusal -- statistics & numerical data
Appointments and Schedules
Checklist
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Time Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

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