May (2) 2012 | Volume 16, Issue 5:2

Table of Contents

1. Alarm Fatigue Hazards: The Sirens Are Calling
2. Ask Me If I Cleaned My Hands
3. Closed Medical Negligence Claims Can Drive Patient Safety and Reduce Litigation
4. Communication Skills Training to Address Disruptive Physician Behavior
5. Deciphering Harm Measurement
6. Evaluation of Drug Administration Errors in a Teaching Hospital
7. Identifying Nontechnical Skills Associated with Safety in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review of the Literature
8. Identifying, Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Medication Error Reporting in Hospitals: A Focus Group Study
9. Improving Quality of Care for Maternal and Newborn Health: Prospective Pilot Study of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
10. Novel Use of Electronic Whiteboard in the Operating Room Increases Surgical Team Compliance with Pre-Incision Safety Practices
11. Patient-Centered Hand Hygiene: The Next Step in Infection Prevention
12. Patient Safety: Break the Silence
13. Predictors of Prescription Errors Involving Anticancer Chemotherapy Agents
14. Self-Reported Violations during Medication Administration in Two Paediatric Hospitals
15. Speaking Up, Being Heard: Registered Nurses’ Perceptions of Workplace Communication
16. Surgeon Fatigue: A Prospective Analysis of the Incidence, Risk, and Intervals of Predicted Fatigue-Related Impairment in Residents
17. Surgery on the Wrong Side: Implication for the Patient and the Professional. Experience in a Major Ambulatory Surgery of the Foot Unit
18. Tenfold Medication Errors: 5 Years’ Experience at a University-Affiliated Pediatric Hospital
19. Toward Improving Patient Safety through Voluntary Peer-to-Peer Assessment
20. Variations in Surgical Outcomes Associated with Hospital Compliance with Safety Practices

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