Improving safety and learning: Case study of an incident involving medical equipment

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-27

  Offredy, Maxine ^a   Scott, Jacquie ^b   Moore, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Harrow Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care management problems; Factors influencing clinical practice; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; LAW SUIT; LEARNING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1842787894     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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