Improving safety culture results in Rhode Island ICUs:Lessons learned from the development of action-oriented plans

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 509-514

  Vigorito, Margaret Cornell ^a   McNicoll, Lynn ^b   Adams, Laura Adams ^a   Sexton, Bryan ^c  

^a Brown University ^*

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RHODE ISLAND; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80054769177     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(11)37065-1     Document Type: Article

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