Prevent Medical Errors

References

Citations

1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2000). 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors. Patient Fact Sheet (AHRQ Publication No. 00-P038). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Other Works Consulted

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2002). 20 tips to help prevent medical errors in children. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Also available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tipkid.htm.

• HealthGrades (2007). HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study. Golden, CO: HealthGrades. Also available online: http://www.eurekalert.org/images/releasegraphics/pdf/PatientSafetyInAmericanHospitalsStudy2007.pdf.

• Lannon C, et al. (2007). Quality and safety in health care for children. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 14–18. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

• Leape LL, Berwick DM (2005). Five years after To Err Is Human: What have we learned? JAMA, 293(19): 2384–2390.

• Persell SD, et al. (2005). Performance measurement in clinical practice. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, Clinical Essentials, chap. 13. New York: WebMD.

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Author:	Paul Lehnert Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS	Last Updated: September 4, 2008
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