Gone but not forgotten: the search for the lost surgical specimens: application of quality improvement techniques in reducing medical error...reprinted from L. Slavin, M. Best, and D. Aron, Gone but not forgotten: the search for the lost surgical specimens: application of quality improvement techniques in reducing medical error, Quality Management in Health Care, Vol. 10, No. 1, Copyright 2001 Aspen Publishers, Inc.
A lost surgical specimen prompted an investigation of both the human processes and the systemic factors involved in surgical specimen handling regarding how health care organizations approach medical error prevention and patient safety promotion. Quality improvement techniques and the conceptual err...
| Published in: | Journal of Nursing Care Quality Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 50 - 60 |
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| Format: | algorithm pictorial research Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Apr2002
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