Assessment of adverse events in medical care: Lack of consistency between experienced teams using the global trigger tool

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 307-314

  Schildmeijer, Kristina ^a   Nilsson, Lena ^b,c   Årestedt, Kristofer ^a,d   Perk, Joep ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Medical and Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^c Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; EXPERIENCE; GLOBAL TRIGGER TOOL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEPSIS; SWEDEN; TEAMWORK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84858753104     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000279     Document Type: Article

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