Expressed breast milk: safety in the hospital.

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS, pronounced PAY-sirs) is a confidential, statewide reporting system on the Internet to which all Pennsylvania hospitals, outpatient-surgery facilities, and birthing centers, as well as some abortion facilities, were required to file information on medical errors beginning in June 2004.Safety Monitor, this column in AJN from PA-PSRS, informs nurses on issues that can affect patient safety and presents strategies they can integrate easily into practice.For more information on PA-PSRS, visit the Web site of Pennsylvania's Patient Safety Authority, at www.psa.state.pa.us. For the original articles discussed in this column or for other articles on patient safety, click on "Advisories and Related Resources" in the left-hand navigation menu.This is a periodic column from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System.