Nature, causes and consequences of unintended events in surgical units

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1730-1740

  Van Wagtendonk, I ^a   Smits, M ^a   Merten, H ^a   Heetveld, M J ^b   Wagner, C ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Surgery Kennemer Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78049383599     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7201     Document Type: Article

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