Broadening never events: Is it a plausible road to improved patient safety?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-152

  MacLeod, Jana B A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CHECKLIST; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77149158171     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.278     Document Type: Note

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