Attitudes toward medical device use errors and the prevention of adverse events

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 689-694

  Johnson, Todd R ^a   Tang, Xiaozhou ^a   Graham, Mark J ^b,c,d   Brixey, Juliana ^e,f   Turley, James P ^e   Zhang, Jiajie ^e   Keselman, Alla ^b   Patel, Vimla L ^b,g  

^a University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c and Evaluation

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e School of Health Information Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36649022422     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(07)33079-1     Document Type: Article

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