Patient safety in hospitals - Can we measure it?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 521-522

  Board, Neville ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETIC PATIENT; EDITORIAL; FALLING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; STAFF TRAINING; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; WORKFLOW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE;

EID: 84885978179     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10626     Document Type: Editorial

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