Experiences of health professionals who conducted root cause analyses after undergoing a safety improvement programme

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 393-399

  Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a   Westbrook, Mary T ^a   Mallock, Nadine A ^a   Travaglia, Joanne F ^a   Iedema, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845896777     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.017525     Document Type: Article

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