Human errors in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit: A 1-year prospective study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-145

  Bracco, David ^a,c   Favre, Jean Baptiste ^a   Bissonnette, Bruno ^b   Wasserfallen, Jean Blaise ^c   Revelly, Jean Pierre ^c   Ravussin, Patrick ^a   Chioléro, René ^c  

^a Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human factors; Intensive care units; Length of stay; Quality assurance, health Care; Quality indicators, health care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SWITZERLAND; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035097519     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340000751     Document Type: Article

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