Patient safety in the operating room: an intervention study on latent risk factors
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Patient safety in the operating room: an intervention study on latent risk factors
BACKGROUND Patient safety is one of the greatest challenges in healthcare. In the operating room errors are frequent and often consequential. This article describes an approach to a successful implementation of a patient safety program in the operating room, focussing on latent risk factors that influence patient safety. We performed an intervention to improve these latent risk factors (LRFs) a...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2482
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-12-10