Critical incident monitoring in paediatric and adult critical care: From reporting to improved patient outcomes?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-653

  Frey, Bernhard ^a   Schwappach, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

critical incident; patient involvement; patient outcome; safety

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW;

CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649645940     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32834044d8     Document Type: Review

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