Engineering risk analysis of a hospital oxygen supply system

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-172

  Deleris, Léa A ^a   Gee, Liek Yeo ^a   Seiver, Adam ^a   Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Engineering modeling; Hospital oxygen supply system; Patient safety; Probabilistic risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CALIFORNIA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OXYGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646752510     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X06286477     Document Type: Article

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