A case of mistaken identity: Staff input on patient id errors

Nursing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Ortiz, Judith ^a   Amatucci, Connie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650628024     PISSN: 07446314     EISSN: 15388670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000349689.98615.6d     Document Type: Article

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