The Australian incident monitoring study in intensive care: AIMS-ICU. The development and evaluation of an incident reporting system in intensive care

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 314-319

  Beckmann, U ^a   West, L F ^a   Groombridge, G J ^a   Baldwin, I ^b   Hart, G K ^b   Clayton, D G ^c   Webb, R K ^c   Runciman, W B ^d  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care: incident monitoring, quality assurance, patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029927154     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9602400303     Document Type: Article

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