Reporting of unintended events in an intensive care unit: Comparison between staff and observer

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Capuzzo, Maurizia ^a   Nawfal, Imad ^a   Campi, Matilde ^a   Valpondi, Vanna ^a   Verri, Marco ^a   Alvisi, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETERIZATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICATION ERROR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SHIFT WORKER; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 25444433118     PISSN: 1471227X     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-5-3     Document Type: Article

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