Lessons learned from non-medical industries: Root cause analysis as culture change at a chemical plant

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-269

  Carroll, J S ^a   Rudolph, J W ^b   Hatakenaka, S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPLOSION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; LEARNING; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SAFETY; THINKING;

EID: 0036752770     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.11.3.266     Document Type: Article

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