AORN Patient Safety First Copyright (c) 2008 AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) All rights reserved. http://www.patientsafetyfirst.org/news/ News en-us Imulus Central http://www.imulus.com Fri, 09 May 2008 09:02:21 GMT Breaking news from AORN http://www.aorn.org/news/ Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Joint Commmission 2008 Patient Safety Goals http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/nr_08_npsgs.htm Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Physicians want to learn from medical mistakes http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2008/errepsyspr.htm Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT AORN Human Factors Tool Kit http://www.aorn.org/PracticeResources/ToolKits/HumanFactorsInHealthCareToolKit/ Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT AHRQ offers tool kits to reduce errors http://www.aorn.org/AORNNews/AHRQToolKit/ Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Joint Commission Annual Report on Quality and Safety http://www.jointcommissionreport.org/ Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT IHI Global Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Results/WhitePapers/IHIGlobalTriggerToolWhitePaper.htm Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/mistakeproof/ Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Perioperative Nurses: Dedicated to a Safe Operating Room http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/562998_1 Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Leapfrong top hospitals http://www.leapfroggroup.org/media/file/Release_2007_Leapfrog_Survey_and_Top_Hospitals_9-18.pdf Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Medicare won't cover errors http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/washington/19hospital.html?ei=5070&en=e049972d3905a198&ex=1188878400&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1188749742-qbUP+XhADtR36tuGxXqGsg Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Why pay for mistakes? http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/08/23/why_pay_for_mistakes/? Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Operating Suite Electrocautery and Laser Smoke Survey http://www.safety.duke.edu/radsafety/smoke/ Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT AORN Just Culture Tool Kit http://www.aorn.org/PracticeResources/ToolKits/JustCultureToolkit/ Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT AORN Patient Hand-Off Tool Kit http://www.patientsafetyfirst.org/files/PDFs/Hand-off Press Release_final Apr25-sk.pdf.pdf Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Doing the "right" things to correct wrong-site surgery http://www.psa.state.pa.us/psa/lib/psa/advisories/v4n2_june_2007/jun_2007_v4_n2_article_wrong-site_surgery.pdf Sun, 01 Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Patient Safety Advisory<br />ECRI and ISMP under contract to Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Medication errors and syringe safety are top concerns for nurses http://www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/2007/pr_InviroSurvey061807.pdf Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:00:00 GMT National Time Out Day June 20, 2007 http://www.patientsafetyfirst.org/healthcare/ntod.html Wed, 23 May 2007 14:00:00 GMT Surgery with a Warranty http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/business/17quality.html?em&ex=1179547200&en=1c2160f571fb7b0e&ei=5087%0A Thu, 17 May 2007 14:00:00 GMT Safest Hospital Initiative http://www.prnewswire.com/news/index_mail.shtml?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-17-2007/0004590744&EDATE= Thu, 17 May 2007 14:00:00 GMT Michigan Project's Goal To Make Surgery Safer http://www.pr-inside.com/michigan-project-s-goal-to-make-surgery-r117862.htm Tue, 08 May 2007 14:00:00 GMT WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Releases Nine Life-Saving Patient Safety Solutions http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/24839/ Sat, 05 May 2007 14:00:00 GMT News release and audio recording Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Annual Report http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-01-2007/0004577881&EDATE Sat, 05 May 2007 14:00:00 GMT HealthGrades Patient Safety Study http://www.healthgrades.com/media/dms/pdf/HealthGradesPatientSafetyRelease2007.pdf Wed, 16 May 2007 14:00:00 GMT New MEDMARX Data Report: Medication Errors in Perioperative Settings http://www.usp.org/products/medMarx/ Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:00:00 GMT Free Webcast International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care http://barcelona.bmj.com/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:00:00 GMT April 18-20 and archived for future viewing National Patient Safety Awareness Week Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:00:00 GMT Joint Commission seeks hand hygiene measurement methods http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/nr_021607.htm Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:00:00 GMT JCAHO Heparin safety alert http://www.fda.gov/MedWatch/safety/2007/heparin_DHCP_02-06-2007.pdf Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:00:00 GMT Baxter Patient, protect thyself http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-02-04-patient-safety_x.htm Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:00:00 GMT USA Today Two-minute pre-op meeting curbs errors http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/01/29/hscout601326.html Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:00:00 GMT Forbes ANA partners with IHI on 5 Million Lives Campaign http://www.nursingworld.org/patientsafety/ Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:00:00 GMT Tracking mistakes, saving lives http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/16476096.htm?source=rss&channel=twincities_news Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:00:00 GMT AORN seeking evaluation of Universal Protocol http://www.surgicenteronline.com/hotnews/6ch11108323337.html Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:00:00 GMT Today's SurgiCenter Worldwide patient safety initiative http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/nr_120406.htm Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:00:00 GMT JCAHO Safety in ASCs http://www.surgicenteronline.com/articles/6c1feat1.html Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:00:00 GMT Today's SurgiCenter Advice for patients http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112400988.html Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:00:00 GMT Washington Post A hospital races to learn lessons of Ferrari pit stop http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116346916169622261.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:00:00 GMT Wall St Journal AAAASF offers three error reduction practices http://www.surgicenteronline.com/hotnews/6bh1413461827040.html# Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:00:00 GMT Today's Surgicenter New surgeon-in-chief adapts airline safety program http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/525184/ Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:00:00 GMT Newswise What pilots can teach hospitals about patient safety http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/health/31safe.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26refQ3Dhealth&OP=5b378079Q2FQ20Zc.Q20Q230Vtd00jTQ20TffQ2AQ20RfQ20Q2FRQ20Q51cQ5DhjQ51Q20Q2FRtQ5D%21cQ25Q51jzh Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:00:00 GMT NY Times Consumers, caregivers taking steps to safer surgery http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=74825 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT U.S. Newswire New CDC infection control guidelines http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT Reprocessed devices http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-19-2006/0004455431&EDATE= Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT PR Newswire Top Leapfrog hospitals http://sev.prnewswire.com/medical-pharmaceuticals/20061016/DCM01516102006-1.html Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT PR Newswire National Quality Forum Safe Practices http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20061016/DCM08616102006-1.html Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT Fixing America's hospitals http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3037964/site/newsweek/ Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT Newsweek Wrong-site surgery http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/02/AR2006100200970.html Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT Washington Post Patient groups against reprocessing devices http://www.micromedex.com/pressroom/news_feeds/?story_id=100609&category=14 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:00:00 GMT U.S. Newswire Herbal remedies prior to surgery http://www.surgicenteronline.com/hotnews/69h71325945053.html Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:00:00 GMT Today's SurgiCenter Disruptive conduct in OR http://www.amsa.org/tnp/dept.cfm?dept=Monitor Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:00:00 GMT New Physician 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Jan 1950 13:00:00 GMT Campaign on hospital errors saves lives http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/15/health/15hospitals.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:00:00 GMT Hospitals saved over 122,000 lives http://www.ihi.org/NR/rdonlyres/1C51BADE-0F7B-4932-A8C3-0FEFB654D747/0/100kLivesCampaignJune14MilestonePressRelease.pdf Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:00:00 GMT Cadaver tissue poses risks http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060611120609990005&cid=2194 Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:00:00 GMT Patient Safety and Health IT Conference webcast http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1731 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:00:00 GMT Canadian health system aims to end "blame" mentality http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1149630614114&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:00:00 GMT Surgeons who play video games make fewer errors http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2006/05/30.shtml Tue, 30 May 2006 14:00:00 GMT Making patient safety the centerpiece of medical liability reform http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/21/2205 Thu, 25 May 2006 14:00:00 GMT Free full text and audio interview with Richard Boothman<br />Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama N Engl J Med. 2006 May 25;354(21):2205-8 Study of OR teamwork shows nurses rate first http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2006/08may06/nurses.html Mon, 08 May 2006 14:00:00 GMT Johns Hopkins 'Wrong Site' Surgeries on the Rise http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-04-17-wrong-surgery_x.htm Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:00:00 GMT USA Today One doctor's crusade for hospital reform http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/06/eveningnews/main2440767.shtml Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:00:00 GMT CBS News New Joint Commission report on quality and safety in American hospitals http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/jc_annual_report_031907.htm Tue, 20 Mar 2007 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