Wristbands as aids to reduce misidentification: An ethnographically guided task analysis

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 590-599

  Smith, Andrew F ^a   Casey, Kate ^a   Wilson, James ^a   Fischbacher Smith, Denis ^b  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient identification; Patient safety; Wrist bands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE; WRISTBAND;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICATION ERRORS; OBSERVATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052763837     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr045     Document Type: Article

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