Enhancing patient safety in the trauma/surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-433

  Stahl, Kenneth ^a   Palileo, Albert ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^a   Wilson, Katherine ^b   Augenstein, Jeffrey ^a   Kiffin, Chauniqua ^a   McKenney, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklist; Communication; Critical data; Handoff of care; Patient safety; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REMINDER SYSTEM; SAFETY;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70449122839     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181acbe75     Document Type: Article

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