Clinical handover incident reporting in one UK general hospital

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 396-401

  Pezzolesi, Cinzia ^a   Schifano, Fabrizio ^a   Pickles, John ^b   Randell, William ^b   Hussain, Zakar ^b   Muir, Helen ^c   Dhillon, Soraya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical handover; Handover incidents; Incident reporting; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; INCIDENT REPORT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956896041     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq048     Document Type: Article

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