Australian Incident Monitoring Study in intensive care: Local unit review meetings and report management

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-297

  Baldwin, I ^a   Beckman, U ^a,b   Shaw, L ^a,b   Morrison, A ^a,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incident, adverse, patient safety, intensive care unit, quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY; WRITING;

EID: 0031777448     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9802600311     Document Type: Article

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5. Shaw L, Morrison A, Baldwin I, Beckmann U. Problems associated with nursing staff shortage (NSS): An analysis of the first 2000 incident reports in the Australian Incident Monitoring Study in Intensive Care (AIMS-ICU). Abstract from the proceedings of the NSW CACCN Seminar 1997.