Archive of articles with category 'Patient Safety'13 Mar 2013 AHRQ Identifies Top 22 Patient Safety Strategies03 Jul 2011 Nurse Commits Suicide After Medication Error 21 Apr 2011 Hand Hygiene: Essential Facts Every Healthcare Professional Should Know06 Jan 2011 Hand Hygiene: Best Practices from Hospitals Participating in the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Project18 Dec 2010 The Second Victims of Adverse Events Need Help Too12 Sep 2010 When Silence Kills 03 Sep 2010 Does Care at a Top-Rated Hospital Lower Your Chance of Dying?19 Aug 2010 Medical Errors Cost $19.5 Billion in USA in 200807 Jun 2010 Improving Infection Prevention and Control: Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs07 May 2010 Bar-Code Technology May Reduce Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events03 May 2010 Checklists: Useful but Insufficient for Patient Safety21 Feb 2010 Ten Percent of Hospital Admissions Are Associated With an Adverse Event21 Feb 2010 Fifty Percent of Adverse Events Are Preventable21 Feb 2010 101,000 Lives in the USA Would Be Saved Annually If the USA Improved Its Preventable Death Rate To That of the Three Top Performing Nations