Perioperative patient safety: Correct patient, correct surgery, correct side - A multifaceted, cross-organizational, interventional study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 443-447

  Zohar, Edna ^a   Noga, Yossi ^a   Davidson, Ehud ^a,b   Kantor, Margalit ^a,b   Fredman, Brian ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547608082     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000267521.75245.ad     Document Type: Article

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