Use of Incident Reports by Physicians and Nurses to Document Medical Errors in Pediatric Patients
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 114 (3) , 729-735
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2003-1124-l
Abstract
Objectives. To describe the proportion and types of medical errors that are stated to be reported via incident report systems by physicians and nurses who care for pediatric patients and to determine attitudes about potential interventions for increasing error reports.Keywords
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