Not again!: Preventing errors lies in redesign—not exhortation

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7281, 2001, Pages 247-248

  Berwick, Donald M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DYING; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA; MEDICATION ERROR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LEUKEMIA; MEDICATION ERRORS; SAFETY; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0035798839     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.247     Document Type: Editorial

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