Addition of "near-miss" cases enhances a quality improvement conference.

نویسندگان

  • Michael H McCafferty
  • Hiram C Polk
چکیده

Medical error is a prominent public issue today. Surgeons, for many decades, have conducted regular and meaningful reviews of most untoward events, which deserve improvement. "Near-miss" is a useful focus for such a conference, in that it avoids a focus on ultimate personal guilt and minimizes exposure to litigation (ie, a nonevent).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of surgery

دوره 139 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004