Systems for registering and reporting adverse events and incidents: A strategy for learning from mistakes;Los sistemas de registro y notificación de efectos adversos y de incidentes: Una estrategia para aprender de los errores

Revista de Calidad Asistencial

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 216-222

  Bañeres, Joaquim ^a   Orrego, Carola ^a   Suñol, Rosa ^a   Ureña, Victoria ^a  

^a Fundacion Avedis Donabedian   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Incident reporting; Medical errors; Reporting systems

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 21244434017     PISSN: 1134282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1134-282x(08)74754-7     Document Type: Review

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