The management of radiation treatment error through incident learning

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-349

  Clark, Brenda G ^a   Brown, Robert J ^a   Ploquin, Jodi L ^b   Kind, Anneke L ^a   Grimard, Laval ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Incident learning; Radiation incidents; Radiation treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCIDENT REPORT; LEARNING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952585110     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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