Patient Trauma: References

Accreditation Canada, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Canadian Patient Safety Institute. Preventing falls: From evidence to improvement in Canadian Health Care. Ottawa, ON: CIHI; 2014. https://accreditation.ca/sites/default/files/falls-joint-report-2014-en.pdf.

Baker GR, Norton P. Patient safety and healthcare error in the Canadian healthcare system: A systematic review and analysis of leading practices in Canada with reference to key initiatives elsewhere. A Report to Health Canada. Ottawa: Health Canada; 2002. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/pubs/qual/2001-patient-securit-rev-exam/index-eng.php

Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI).  Never Events for Hospital Care in Canada. Edmonton, Alberta; 2015.

Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). Safer Healthcare Now! Getting Started Kit: Reducing falls and injury from falls. Edmonton, Alberta; 2013. http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/toolsResources/Documents/Interventions/Reducing%20Falls%20and%20Injury%20from%20Falls/Falls%20Getting%20Started%20Kit.pdf

Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI).  When providing care, put the patient into perspective. Edmonton, Alberta; 2013.

Data snapshot: Iatrogenic burn injuries. Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory. 2009; 6 (1): 36. http://patientsafetyauthority.org/ADVISORIES/AdvisoryLibrary/2009/Mar6%281%29/Pages/36.aspx

ECRI Institute. Surgical fire resources. Plymounth, PA; 2016. https://www.ecri.org/Accident_Investigation/Pages/Surgical-Fire-Prevention.aspx

European Union Network for Patient Safety. Vaseline and treatment with oxygen. EUNetPas Share, Learn, and Exchange System (SEaL); 2010. http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/NewsAlerts/Alerts/pages/alertdetail.aspx?alertid=DK05

Ganz DA, Huang C, Saliba D, et al. Preventing Falls in Hospitals. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Published January 2013. Updated July 2018. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/index.html

Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC). Risk Reference Sheets. Patient Falls (2016). https://www.hiroc.com/resources/risk-reference-sheets/patient-falls

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). How-to Guide: Prevent harm from high-alert medications. Cambridge, MA; IHI: 2012. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/HowtoGuidePreventHarmfromHighAlertMedications.aspx

Japan Council for Quality Health Care. Burn caused by a bed-bath towel. Medical Safety Information. 2010; 46. http://www.med-safe.jp/pdf/No.46_MedicalSafetyInformation.pdf

Japan Council for Quality Health Care. Burn during assisted bathing. Medical Safety Information. 2007; 5. http://www.med-safe.jp/pdf/No.05_MedicalSafetyInformation.pdf

Japan Council for Quality Health Care. Burns caused by the tip of a light source cable during surgery. Medical Safety Information. 2012; 70. http://www.med-safe.jp/pdf/No.70_MedicalSafetyInformation.pdf

Johal KS, Boulton C, Moran CG. Hip fractures after falls in hospital: A retrospective observational cohort study. Injury. 2009; 40 (2): 201-204. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.06.036.

Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. (2009). Retrieved March 9 2016 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/asphyxia

National Health Service (NHS) Commissioning Board. Risk of skin-prep related fire in operating theatres. 2012; Reference No. 1329. http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?entryid45=132981        

New South Wales Department of Health. Alcohol based hand cleaners and fire. Safety Information. 2007. 001/07. http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/NewsAlerts/Alerts/Pages/AlertDetail.aspx?AlertID=NSW22

NHS. Patient safety alert: Risk of death from asphyxiation by accidental ingestion of fluid/food thickening powder. 2015. https://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/02/06/psa-fluidfood-thickening-powder/

Oliver D, Healey F, Haines TP. Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in hospitals. Clin Geriatr Med. 2010; 26 (4): 645-692. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2010.06.005.

Patient Safety Solutions. Iatrogenic burns. Patient Safety Tip of the Week. 2010, June 1. http://www.patientsafetysolutions.com/docs/June_1_2010_Iatrogenic_Burns.htm

Pazanin l, Misak VB, Goreta, N, Marekovic Z, Petrovecki V. Iatrogenic tracheal laceration causing asphyxia. J Forensic Sci. 2008; 53 (5): 1185-1187. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00827.x.

Public Health Agency of Canada. Seniors' falls in Canada: Second report. Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada; 2014. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/publications/public/injury-blessure/seniors_falls-chutes_aines/index-eng.php

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO). Promoting safety: Alternative approaches to the use of restraints. Toronto, ON: RNAO; 2017.  https://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/promoting-safety-alternative-approaches-use-restraints

Royal College of Physicians. Why FallSafe? Care bundles to reduce inpatient falls. London, UK;; 2015. https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/file/917/download?token=pOnsnWKo

Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved. https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Positional+Asphyxia

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Safety Concerns about Bed Rails. 2018. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/bed-rail-safety/safety-concerns-about-bed-rails