November (2) 2012 | Volume 16, Issue 11:2

Table of Contents

1. Cognitive Errors and Logistical Breakdowns Contributing to Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Breast and Colorectal Cancers: A Process Analysis of Closed Malpractice Claims
2. A Collaborative, Systems-Level Approach to Eliminating Healthcare-Associated MRSA, Central-Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, and Respiratory Virus Infections
3. Diagnostic Errors and Flaws in Clinical Reasoning: Mechanisms and Prevention in Practice
4. Error Reporting in Transfusion Medicine at a Tertiary Care Centre: A Patient Safety Initiative
5. Errors and Near Misses in Digestive Endoscopy Units
6. The Feedback Intervention Trial (FIT)—Improving Hand-Hygiene Compliance in UK Healthcare Workers: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
7. Impact of Automated Alerts on Follow-Up of Post-Discharge Microbiology Results: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
8. Improving Patient and Worker Safety: Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation
9. Interruption Handling Strategies during Paediatric Medication Administration
10. Intravascular Retained Surgical Items: A Multicenter Study of Risk Factors
11. Medication Problems Are Frequent and Often Serious in a Danish Emergency Department and May Be Discovered by Clinical Pharmacists
12. Non-Technical Skills Training to Enhance Patient Safety: A Systematic Review
13. Partnering with Family Members to Improve the Intensive Care Unit Experience
14. Patterns in Neurosurgical Adverse Events and Proposed Strategies for Reduction
15. Preventing Wrong-Site Surgery in Minnesota: A 5-Year Journey
16. Restructuring the Morbidity and Mortality Conference in a Department of Pediatrics to Serve as a Vehicle for System Changes
17. Safety Climate and Medical Errors in 62 US Emergency Departments
18. Sharing Lessons Learned to Prevent Incorrect Surgery
19. Surgical Debriefing: A Reliable Roadmap to Completing the Patient Safety Cycle
20. Ultrasound to Reduce Cognitive Errors in the ED

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