Development and evaluation of the institute for healthcare improvement global trigger tool

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Classen, David C ^a,c   Lloyd, Robert C ^b   Provost, Lloyd ^b   Griffin, Frances A ^b   Resar, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Detection; Interrater reliability; Methods; Trigger tool; Triggers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650145205     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e318183a475     Document Type: Article

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