Differences in medical error risk among nurses working two- and three-shift systems at teaching hospitals: A six-month prospective study

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-364

  Tanaka, Katsutoshi ^a   Takahashi, Masaya ^b   Hiro, Hisanori ^c   Kakinuma, Mitsuru ^a   Tanaka, Mika ^d   Kamata, Naoki ^e   Miyaoka, Hitoshi ^e  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Medical error; Nurse; Prospective cohort study; Three shift system; Two shift system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORK SCHEDULE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77953748758     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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