Use of medical emergency team (MET) responses to detect medical errors
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Use of medical emergency team (MET) responses to detect medical errors.
BACKGROUND No previous studies have investigated whether medical emergency team (MET) responses can be used to detect medical errors. OBJECTIVES To determine whether review of MET responses can be used as a surveillance method for detecting medical errors. METHODS Charts of all patients receiving MET responses during an 8 month period were reviewed by a hospital based Quality Improvement Co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Quality and Safety in Health Care
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1475-3898,1475-3901
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.13.4.255