Critical incident reporting system in emergency medicine

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-244

  Kram, Rainer ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical incident reporting systems; Emergency medicine; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 43249099891     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f60d82     Document Type: Review

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