Factors associated with adverse events resulting from medical errors in the emergency department: Two work better than one

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-162

  Freund, Yonathan ^a,b   Goulet, Hélène ^a   Bokobza, Jérôme ^a   Ghanem, Aurélie ^a   Carreira, Serge ^a,b   Madec, Delphine ^a   Leroux, Gaëlle ^a   Ray, Patrick ^a,b   Boddaert, Jacques ^a,b   Riou, Bruno ^a,b   Hausfater, Pierre ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

adverse events; handoffs; medical errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT;

ADVERSE EVENTS; HANDOFFS; MEDICAL ERRORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84881145737     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.061     Document Type: Article

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