Double checking: A second look

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 267-274

  Hewitt, Tanya ^a   Chreim, Samia ^b   Forster, Alan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

medical errors; medication errors; nursing; patient safety; quality assurance health care; safety management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANADA; COST; DOUBLE CHECKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TIME; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84947996795     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12468     Document Type: Article

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