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Standardization as a mechanism to improve safety in health care
Rozich JD, Howard RJ, Justeson JM, Macken PD, Lindsay ME, Resar RK. Standardization as a mechanism to improve safety in health care. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. 2004;30(1):5-14.

This paper describes two interventions: first, standardization of insulin administration, with the outcome of significantly reducing hypoglycemic events; second, the introduction of medicine reconciliation (“clarifying, correcting and specifying medications”) with a subsequent seven-month chart audit, showing errors falling from 213 per 100 admissions to less than 50.



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