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What's New for 2/22/2006
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 Award

Award Announcement
National Patient Safety Foundation seeking submissions for Socius Award and Chairman's Medal.
National Patient Safety Foundation. Deadline: March 24, 2006.

 Book/Report

Book/Report
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Second Annual Public Report.
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; February 2006.

Standardizing a Patient Safety Taxonomy.
Washington DC: National Quality Forum; January 2006.

 Journal Article

Commentary
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: what you need to know.
Rohrich RJ. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006;117:671-672.

Review
Impact of nursing on hospital patient mortality: a focused review and related policy implications.
Tourangeau AE, Cranley LA, Jeffs L. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:4-8.

Study
A prospective study of patient safety in the operating room.
Christian CK, Gustafson ML, Roth EM, et al. Surgery. 2006;139:159-173.

A survey of factors affecting clinician acceptance of clinical decision support.
Sittig DF, Krall MA, Dykstra RH, Russell A, Chin HL. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2006 Feb 1;6:6 [Epub ahead of print].

Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients.
Lasser KE, Seger DL, Yu DT, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:338-344.

Attitudes and barriers to incident reporting: a collaborative hospital study.
Evans SM, Berry JG, Smith BJ, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:39-43.

Characteristics of medication errors made by students during the administration phase: a descriptive study.
Wolf ZR, Hicks R, Serembus JF. J Prof Nurs. 2006;22:39-51.

Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a useful proactive risk analysis in a pediatric oncology ward.
van Tilburg CM, Leistikow IP, Rademaker CM, Bierings MB, van Dijk AT. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:58-63.

Nurses' perceptions and experiences of communication in the operating theatre: a focus group interview.
Nestel D, Kidd JM. BMC Nurs. 2006 Feb 8;5:1 [Epub ahead of print].

Potential benefits and problems with computerized prescriber order entry: analysis of a voluntary medication error-reporting database.
Zhan C, Hicks RW, Blanchette CM, Keyes MA, Cousins DD. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63:353-358.

Risk management, or just a different risk: a national survey of newborn units following a patient safety alert.
Freer Y, Lyon A. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2006 Feb 7; [Epub ahead of print].

 Legislation/Regulation

Organizational Policy/Guidelines
The London Declaration.
Patients for Patient Safety. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety; January 17, 2006.

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
Error reduction through team leadership: applying aviation's CRM model in the OR.
Healy GB, Barker J, Madonna G. Bull Amer Coll Surg. February 2006;91:10-15.

Patient safety takes another step forward.
Carpenter E. The San Francisco Examiner. February 5, 2006.

Pump up the volume—tips for increasing error reporting.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! February 9, 2006;11:1-2,4.

 Press Release/Announcement

Press Release/Announcement
Benzocaine sprays marketed under different names, including Hurricaine, Topex, and Cetacaine.
FDA Public Health Advisory [US Food and Drug Administration Web site]. February 10, 2006.

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