The relationship between incident reporting by nurses and safety management in hospitals

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-172

  Okuyama, Ayako ^a   Sasaki, Minako ^a   Kanda, Katsuya ^b  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incident reporting; Japan; Nurse's perception; Safety climate; Safety management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950211766     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181dafe88     Document Type: Article

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