Design and implementation of a near-miss reporting system at a large, academic pediatric anesthesia department

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 810-814

  Guffey, Patrick ^a,b,d   Szolnoki, Judit ^a   Caldwell, James ^b   Polaner, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse events; incident report; mortality; near miss

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; CHILD; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958146181     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03574.x     Document Type: Article

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