Safety on an inpatient pediatric otolaryngology service: Many small errors, few adverse events

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 871-879

  Shah, Rahul K ^a   Lander, Lina ^b   Forbes, Peter ^c   Jenkins, Kathy ^c   Healy, Gerald B ^c   Roberson, David W ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Harms; Medication errors; Morbidity; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ERROR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349099624     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20208     Document Type: Article

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