The impact of safety organizing, trusted leadership, and care pathways on reported medication errors in hospital nursing units

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 997-1002

  Vogus, Timothy J ^a   Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

High reliability; Patient safety; Reported medication errors; Safety culture; Safety organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748833499     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318053674f     Document Type: Article

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