Strategies for improving patient safety: Linking task type to error type

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-78

  Mattox, Elizabeth Andersson ^a  

^a Veteran's Health Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860237429     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2012303     Document Type: Article

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