Causes of near misses in critical care of neonates and children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-303

  Tourgeman Bashkin, O ^a   Shinar, D ^a   Zmora, E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Almost adverse events; Environment factors; Human factors; Medical errors; Potential adverse events; System factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; MEDICAL ERROR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKLOAD;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 41949138736     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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