A trigger tool fails to identify serious errors and adverse events in pediatric otolaryngology

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 480-486

  Lander, Lina ^a   Roberson, David W ^b,c   Plummer, Katrina M ^b   Forbes, Peter W ^b   Healy, Gerald B ^d   Shah, Rahul K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; OPERATING ROOM; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ERROR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CHILD; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957265180     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.820     Document Type: Article

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