Fifteen years after to Err is Human: A success story to learn from

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 396-399

  Pronovost, Peter J ^a   Cleeman, James I ^b   Wright, Donald ^c   Srinivasan, Arjun ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER INFECTION; DEATH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CROSS INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CROSS INFECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE (U.S.) HEALTH AND MEDICINE DIVISION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84969730493     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004720     Document Type: Note

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