Root cause analysis. A useful tool for error prevention;Análisis de causas raíz. Una herramienta útil para la prevención de errores

Revista de Calidad Asistencial

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-78

  Ruiz López, Pedro ^a   Rodríguez Salinas, Carmen González ^a   Alcalde Escribano, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Root cause analysis; Sentinel event

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERROR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PROPHYLAXIS; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 17844397685     PISSN: 1134282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1134-282x(08)74726-2     Document Type: Article

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