Adverse events in hospitals: care study of incidence among medicare beneficiaries in two selected counties. Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; December 2008. Report No. OEI-06-08-00220.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=9539
ASPEN Patient Safety Initiatives. American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. This web site includes a toolkit, posters, and educational materials to support safe tube feedings and prevent tubing misconnections.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=9538
Pathways for patient safety. Chicago, IL: Health Research and Educational Trust, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Medical Group Management Association; 2009. This trio of modules provides ambulatory medical practices with tools to develop teamwork, assess culture and processes, and improve medication safety.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=9382
Towards an international classification for patient safety. Int J Qual Health Care. 2009; 21:1-26. This set of articles focuses on the World Alliance for Patient Safety initiative to develop an international taxonomy for patient safety and describes how the terms, concepts, and
classifications were chosen.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=9413
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