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How to prevent maternal mortality

December 19, 2025
Patient Safety
Maternal mortality is a measure of how many mothers die from pregnancy-related complications while carrying or within 42 days after birth. And in most of the developed world, this number has fallen to...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
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Service animals in the ER

December 19, 2025
At a Roaring 20s party this summer, I saw a flapper in a sparkly dress dance with her service dog, a husky in a red vest. The woman was having a great time, though the dog seemed confused by the whole...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
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How to spot suicide and ligature risks in your facility

December 19, 2025
The handles on the box springs of patient beds in residential areas. The caulking along the wall of otherwise-solid grab bars in showers. Any loops that might hold mattresses onto a bed frame. All of ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, September 2017

December 19, 2025
Editor's Note: Click the PDF button above for a full edition of the September 2017 edition of Patient Safety Monitor Journal Diagnosing human trafficking when a patient is a victim There’s an es...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
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Staff should be alert for mislabeled drugs

December 19, 2025
Remind nurses and other clinicians to remain alert for medication errors, including mislabeled products, and empower them to say something if they suspect a problem. After a customer complaint, C.O. ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
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Bringing innovation to your facility

December 19, 2025
Editor’s note: Healthcare innovation involves doing something differently than how it’s normally done, whether it’s a new device, policy, or program. Many of these evidence-based pra...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
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Mixing medicine

December 19, 2025
No physician or nurse injects medicine into a patient’s blood planning to make the patient sicker. Sadly, that’s exactly what happened to scores of providers back in 2012. This June, the f...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2017

December 19, 2025
Editor's Note: Click the PDF button above for a full edition of the August 2017 edition of Patient Safety Monitor Journal Bit, kicked, and shot; Taking down workplace violence in healthcare Can you ta...