Incidents analysis in radiation therapy: Application of the human factors analysis and classification system

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-133

  Portaluri, Maurizio ^a   Fucilli, Fulvio I M ^b,d   Bambace, Santa ^b   Castagna, Roberta ^a   De Luca, Maria Chiara ^a   Pili, Giorgio ^a   Didonna, Vittorio ^c   Tramacere, Francesco ^a   Francavilla, Maria Carmen ^a   Leone, Angela ^a   Leo, Maria Grazia ^b  

^a Ospedale Perrino   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Dimiccoli   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d ASL BAT Ospedale Dimiccoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

HFACS; Incidents; Prescribed dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249114821     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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