Center for Patient Safety Science News Search
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Public Health Minute
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Becker’s Hospital Review
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Modern Healthcare
Even though the patients shared the same first name, the mixup should have been avoided.
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The Wall Street Journal
A patient in cardiac arrest was mistakenly not resuscitated because clinicians confused him with a patient who had a do-not-resuscitate order on file.
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The New York Times
More than 80 percent of neonatal intensive-care units, or NICUs, use temporary first names for patients — Babygirl Jackson or Babyboy Goldsmith.
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Avoiding hospital IDs that say “baby boy” or “baby girl” when parents haven’t chosen a first name for their newborn may help reduce medical errors, a study suggests.
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U.S. News & World Report
Using more specific names for newborns may reduce hospital mix-ups by roughly a third, a new study suggests.
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Prior research indicates that as much as 76 percent of retracted orders in the NICU are a result of patient misidentification.
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A study from Pediatrics suggests that placeholder names can result in more medical errors, particularly for children born with conditions requiring intensive care.
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National Public Radio
Parents sometimes choose a name at the first positive pregnancy test, while for others, it's a game-time decision, taking minutes to days after birth.
