Highlights of 2024 - Print Issue

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**The 2024 highlights issue of _Patient Safety_ is available to read online and download at no charge.** This issue highlights the Patient Safety Authority’s most-read articles from 2024, including original research, data analyses, safety recommendations, and more. Among this curated selection are a look at [how informed consent and schedule errors may contribute to wrong-site surgery](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/117084-risk-factors-for-wrong-site-surgery-a-study-of-1-166-reports-of-informed-consent-and-schedule-errors), the most common [causes of oxygen disruption events](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/117580-unmasking-the-contributing-factors-to-oxygen-disruption-events-in-the-inpatient-environment-and-emergency-department), and the [risks of broken and retained drill bits during surgical procedures](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/124086-broken-drill-bits-during-surgical-procedures-a-review-of-156-patient-safety-events). Additional features include • Data analyses from the largest event reporting database of its kind in the United States, including [patient safety trends in serious events and incidents](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/116529-patient-safety-trends-in-2023-an-analysis-of-287-997-serious-events-and-incidents-from-the-nation-s-largest-event-reporting-database), and [healthcare-associated infections in nursing homes](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/116555-long-term-care-healthcare-associated-infections-in-2023-an-analysis-of-23-970-reports) • Important notices about the [danger of using glacial acetic acid](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/116280-what-to-know-about-glacial-acetic-acid-stop-using-it), [the mpox public health emergency](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/124257-mpox-an-update-on-the-new-public-health-emergency), [overdose errors associated with multidose nitroglycerin bottles](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/125483-multidose-nitroglycerin-bottles-associated-with-25-fold-overdose-errors), [technology failures in healthcare](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/120538-technology-failures), [errors involving intravenous administration of haloperidol](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/125740-wrong-route-errors-involving-haloperidol-beware-of-its-unintended-intravenous-administration), and more • Strategies to risk harm related to [transfusion-associated circulatory overload](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/118615-transfusion-associated-circulatory-overload-taco-strategies-to-mitigate-the-risk-of-harm), [pica behavior in acute care hospitals](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/126759-pica-behavior-in-acute-care-hospitals-strategies-for-screening-and-mitigating-risk-of-harm), the use of the “clot buster” drugs [alteplase and tenecteplase](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/117322-alteplase-and-tenecteplase-related-errors-and-risk-mitigation-strategies-in-the-treatment-of-acute-ischemic-stroke-a-study-of-event-reports-from-52), and [special instructions entered in electronic health records](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/118587-free-text-as-part-of-electronic-health-record-orders-context-or-concern) • The [inspiring stories behind last year’s I AM Patient Safety award winners](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/121631-2024-i-am-patient-safety-annual-achievement-awards) _Patient Safety_ is fully open access (no fees for authors or readers) and published on a rolling basis throughout the year. We welcome manuscripts from all over the world. If your work can help advance patient safety, [please submit it to us for consideration](https://patientsafetyj.com/for-authors), and kindly share our journal with friends, family, colleagues, and caregivers. [Subscribe to our journal email list](https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/otqI5QB/journalupdates) to be updated on new articles as they are published online.