Actively caring for safety: overcoming bystander apathy.

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Actively caring for safety: overcoming bystander apathy.

June 5, 2018

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 20, 2008:13:1-3.

This article provides suggestions to help individuals counteract the tendency for group inertia. The aim is to better report problems and change situations that threaten patient safety.

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