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Improving communication in the ICU using daily goals.
Peter J. Pronovost,Sean M. Berenholtz,Todd Dorman,Pamela A. Lipsett,Terri Simmonds,Carol Haraden +5 more
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Implementing the daily goals form resulted in a significant improvement in the percent of residents and nurses who understood the goals of care for the day and a reduction in ICU LOS.About:
This article is published in Journal of Critical Care.The article was published on 2003-06-01. It has received 638 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Acute care & Health care.read more
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An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU
Peter J. Pronovost,Dale M. Needham,Sean M. Berenholtz,David J. Sinopoli,Haitao Chu,Sara E. Cosgrove,Bryan Sexton,Robert C. Hyzy,Robert J. Welsh,Gary Roth,Joseph Bander,John P. Kepros,Christine A. Goeschel +12 more
TL;DR: An evidence-based intervention resulted in a large and sustained reduction (up to 66%) in rates of catheter-related bloodstream infection that was maintained throughout the 18-month study period.
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Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.
Sean M. Berenholtz,Peter J. Pronovost,Pamela A. Lipsett,Deborah B. Hobson,Karen Earsing,Jason E. Farley,Shelley Milanovich,Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer,Bradford D. Winters,Haya R. Rubin,Todd Dorman,Trish M. Perl +11 more
TL;DR: Multifaceted interventions that helped to ensure adherence with evidence-based infection control guidelines nearly eliminated CR-BSIs in the authors' surgical ICU.
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The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care.
Jeffrey M. Rothschild,Christopher P. Landrigan,John W. Cronin,Rainu Kaushal,Steven W. Lockley,Elisabeth Burdick,Peter Stone,Craig M. Lilly,Joel T. Katz,Charles A. Czeisler,David W. Bates +10 more
TL;DR: Adverse events and serious errors involving critically ill patients were common and often potentially life-threatening, and failure to carry out intended treatment correctly was the leading category.
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Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists to reduce failures in communication
Lorelei Lingard,Glenn Regehr,Beverley A. Orser,Richard K. Reznick,G. Ross Baker,Diane Doran,Sherry Espin,John M.A. Bohnen,Sarah Whyte +8 more
TL;DR: Interprofessional checklist briefings reduced the number of communication failures and promoted proactive and collaborative team communication in general surgery at a Canadian academic tertiary care hospital.
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The checklist--a tool for error management and performance improvement.
TL;DR: This narrative is a guide to the evolution of medical and critical care checklists, and a discussion of the barriers and risks to the implementation of checklists.
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A look into the nature and causes of human errors in the intensive care unit
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