Adverse event reporting in adult intensive care units and the impact of a multifaceted intervention on drug-related adverse events

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pagnamenta, Alberto ^a   Rabito, Giovanni ^b   Arosio, Alessandra ^b   Perren, Andreas ^a   Malacrida, Roberto ^a   Barazzoni, Fabrizio ^c   Domenighetti, Guido ^a  

^a REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b Nephrology Regional Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c Medical Area Unit of the EOC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Intensive care; Medical errors; Patient safety; Quality improvement; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84871152004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-47     Document Type: Article

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