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1. Surveillance of medical device-related hazards and adverse events in hospitalized patients

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Samore, Matthew H., Evans, R. Scott, Lassen, April, Gould, Patricia, Lloyd, James, Gardner, Reed M., Abouzelof, Rouett, Taylor, Carrie, Woodbury, Don A., Willy, Mary, and Bright, Roselie A.

Subjects
Hospital patients, Physiological apparatus, Medical equipment, Medical errors
Abstract

Many hospitals have no good method for identifying injuries to patients that were caused by a medical device. Part of the reason is that medical devices are operated by a person, so human factors are important. A study at one 520-bed US hospital found that a computer system to flag all medical device hazards or injuries identified less than half of all such events.

Published
2004

2. Nurse/physician collaborative practice: improving health care quality while decreasing cost

Author

Lassen, April A., Fosbinder, Donna M., Minton, Stephen, and Robins, M. Mureno

Subjects
Practice, Diagnosis, Economic aspects, Analysis, Bacterial infections -- Diagnosis, Nursing -- Economic aspects -- Analysis, Nurse-physician relationship -- Analysis -- Economic aspects, Neonatologists -- Practice -- Analysis -- Economic aspects, Nurse and physician -- Analysis -- Economic aspects
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Executive Summary * Significant variations and inconsistency in both the physician's and nurse's approach to the treatment of neonates with a 'rule-out sepsis' (R/O sepsis) diagnosis is seen as both [...]

Published
1997

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