Treating Hyperkalemia: Avoid Additional Harm When …

Opioid Knowledge Self-Assessment

Opioid Knowledge Self-Assessment Healthcare facilities can use this assessment for practitioners who prescribe, dispense, and/or administer opioid products ...

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Letter to the Editor: Preventing Air Embolism with PICC ...

letter to the editor: preventing air embolism with picc line removal I read with interest your article “Reducing Risk of Air Embolism Associated with Central Venous Access Devices” in the Pennsyl-

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Strategic Plan 2017-2020 - Patient Safety Authority

Strategic Plan During 2016, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Board of Directors and staff engaged in a third strate- ... Strategic Plan 2017–2020 VISION Safe healthcare for all patients MISSION Improve the quality of healthcare in Pennsylvania by collecting and

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PATIENT SAFETY: COLOR BANDING Standardization and ...

Color-banding policy will need to be reviewed and approved. Hospitals need to review their respective forms for need of modifications (pt. ed, assessments, etc.) ... • Color Code – Intent of Specific Colors • Authority for Application of band • Process for Band Confirmation • Inter-Dept./Agency Communication

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Confirming Feeding Tube Placement: Old Habits Die Hard

More Reliable Methods to Verify Feeding Tube Placement Radiographic Confirmation of Nasogastric Tube Placement The gold standard for nasogastric feeding tube placement is radiographic confirmation with a chest x-ray. pretations by nonradiologists: The gold standard for nasoenteric feeding tube placement is radiographic confir-

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The Beers Criteria: Screening for Potentially ...

hepatic clearance of many drugs, such as diazepam, amitriptyline, and chlordiazepoxide, carried out by the cytochrome P-450 system often diminishes with age. Overall, the clearance of drugs metabolized by the liver is typically decreased 30 to 40% in the elderly. Renal size and renal blood flow also decrease signifi-cantly with age.

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Safety in Using Promethazine (Phenergan)

©2007 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Page 1 Produced by ECRI Institute & ISMP under contract to the Patient Safety Authority Patient Safety Advisory F irst approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Ad-ministration (FDA) in 1951, promethazine (Phenergan) is a medication in common use today. However, despite its familiarity, its use is not with-

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PATIENT SAFETY AUTHORITY AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

12. A mid-procedure change in the plan of care in response to new information discovered during the procedure does not constitute an injury. 13. Additional healthcare services: a. Healthcare services provided to prevent an injury from occurring are excluded from this term for the purpose of Serious Event determinations. b.

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Brochure Medical Records - Pennsylvania Patient Safety ...

record. In the future, when medi-cal records are requested by other providers, your provider must include his denial of your request to amend the medical record as well a copy of your statement of disagreement. It should not take more than 90 days to amend your medical records. If the request is accepted,

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Retained Surgical Items: Events and Guidelines Revisited

and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses published guidance for preventing RSIs, including minimizing distractions and participating in team-work training. The Joint Commission speaks to the role of weak or absent organizational leadership as reasons for the continuance of RSIs. (Pa Patient Saf Advis 2017 Mar;14[1]:27-35.)

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PCAT Test Blueprint & Sample Items

PCAT Test Blueprint & Sample Items ... passage.] ...

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Keysight 33210A 10 MHz Function/Arbitrary Waveform …

Keysight 33210A 10 MHz Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator Data Sheet – 10 MHz Sine and Square waveforms – Pulse, Ramp, Triangle, Noise, and DC waveforms

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Hemolytic index A tool to measure hemolysis in vitro

Hemolytic index – A tool to measure hemolysis in vitro www.iosrjournals.org 50 |Page previous studies have used subjective visual assessment (7–9, 10–12) or the analysis of free haemoglobin with

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3-Hour Bundle - survivingsepsis.org

3-Hour Bundle 1. Measure Lactate Level Background Hyperlactatemia is typically present in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock and may be secondary to anaerobic metabolism due to hypoperfusion or other complex factors.

PROCEDURE MANUAL FOR THE i-STAT SYSTEM

PROCEDURE MANUAL FOR THE i-STAT SYSTEM 1 REV. DATE 17-Feb-11 ART: 714446-00H SYSTEM OVERVIEW The i-STAT System incorporates comprehensive components needed to perform blood analysis at the point of care.

MULTI-LINK VISION 2.75 mm Coronary Stent Systems ...

EL2056024 (11/10/08) Page 1 of 20 MULTI-LINK VISION® 2.75 mm Coronary Stent Systems Information for Prescribers Table of Contents 1.0 DEVICE DESCRIPTION 2.0 …

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