Learning from incident reports in the Australian medical imaging setting: Handover and communication errors

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1022, 2013, Pages

  Hannaford, N ^a,b   Mandel, C ^c   Crock, C ^d   Buckley, K ^e   Magrabi, F ^f   Ong, M ^f   Allen, S ^g   Schultz, T ^a,b  

^a Australian Patient Safety Foundation   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL HANDOVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84873626117     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20120336     Document Type: Article

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