A review on the impact of systematic safety processes for the control of error in medicine

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Damiani, Gianfranco ^a,c   Pinnarelli, Luigi ^b   Scopelliti, Lucia ^a   Sommella, Lorenzo ^b   Ricciardi, Walter ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Risk management; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC SAFETY PROCESS; TECHNICAL AID;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650666202     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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