To err is human: Improving patient safety through failure mode and effect analysis

Clinical Leadership and Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-36

  Woodhouse, Sherry ^a   Burney, Brenda ^b,c   Coste, Kathleen ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c American Society for Clinical Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD BANKS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542318475     PISSN: 15273954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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3. 2003 Hospital Accreditation Standards. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, 2003.
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5. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis in Health Care: Proactive Risk Reduction. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources, 2002.