Anatomy of a patient safety event: A pediatric patient safety taxonomy

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 422-427

  Woods, D M ^a,b   Johnson, J ^c   Holl, J L ^b   Mehra, M ^b   Thomas, E J ^d   Ogata, E S ^e   Lannon, C ^f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MEDICINE; NOMENCLATURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 29244460970     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.013573     Document Type: Article

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