Inpatient notes: Human factors engineering and inpatient care - New ways to solve old problems

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2017, Pages H02-H03

  Clack, Lauren ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 85028558262     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M17-0544     Document Type: Short Survey

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