Analysis of sharp-end, frontline human error: Beyond throwing out "bad apples"

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-122

  Kennedy, Diane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Shimane University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Human error; Patient safety; System flaws

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 2342576334     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200404000-00008     Document Type: Article

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