Effect of an anonymous reporting system on near-miss and harmful medical error reporting in a pediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-221

  Grant, Mary Jo C ^a,b   Larsen, Gitte Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Critical care; Intensive care unit; Medical errors; Near miss errors; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UTAH;

EID: 34250351761     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000277777.35395.e0     Document Type: Review

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