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The National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) embodies the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) uncompromising commitment to reducing and preventing adverse medical events while enhancing the care given our patients. Click here.

Saskatchewan introduces formal reporting of critical incidents. Download PDF

Root Cause Analysis. Click here.

National Patient Safety Foundation Bibliography. Click here.

Research to Reality. Click here.

Patient Safety. A Case Study.  Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Click here.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Patient Safety Program. Click here.

Case Study | Patient Safety. Cincinnati Children's Hospital: Click here.

Pursuing Perfection Click here.

National Steering Committee on Patient Safety: "Building A Safer System" (2002) Download PDF

The CNA Patient Safety Resource Guide is a web based, fully searchable database. Click here.

Canadian Patient Safety Dictionary developed by the National Steering Committee on Patient Safety. Download PDF

Ottawa Hospital Patient Safety Study: Incidence and timing of adverse events in patients admitted to a Canadian teaching hospital. CMAJ, April 2004. Click here.

A comparison of iatrogenic injury studies in Australia and the USA. The International Journal for Quality in Health Care in 2000: Click here.

Adverse events in British hospitals. The British Medical Journal published this study in 2001. Click here.

Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients. Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study. The New England Journal of Medicine in 1991. Click here.

Institute of Safe Medication Practices - Canada (ISMP). Click here.

Institute of Safe Medication Practices: Click here.

Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) Click here.

Quality Healthcare Network Click here.

ECRI is a nonprofit health services research agency dedicated to improving the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare. Click here.

Institute For Health Care Improvement Click here.

Influenza vaccine-associated adverse events; results of passive surveillance, Canada 2001-2002 from Health Canada. Click here.

Nurses and Patient Safety: A Discussion Paper. Click here.

Patient Safety: Developing the Right Staff Mix - report of a Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) invitational Think Tank. Click here.

From February '02: A Systematic Review and Analysis of Leading Practices in Canada with Reference to Key Initiatives Elsewhere. Click here


Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care. Click here


A Review of Policies, Institutional and Funding Frameworks, and Current Initiatives (Canada). Click here


Making Patients Safer in Canada. Click here


Principles of Patient Safety in Pediatrics from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Click here


The [US] Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Commitment to Patient Safety. Compliance with standards to reduce the risk of adverse outcomes. Click here


2004 National Patient Safety Goals. Click here


Leappfrog Group Patient Safety standards. Click here


Improving Patient Safety In Rural Hospitals. Click here


Quality Improvement Organization: Patient Safety Initiatives. Click here


Best Practices for Patient Safety. Click here