Identification of adverse events at an orthopedics department in Sweden.

Maria Unbeck; Olle Muren; Ulf Lillkrona

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Identification of adverse events at an orthopedics department in Sweden.

April 11, 2011

Unbeck M, Muren O, Lillkrona U. Acta Orthop. 2008;79(3):396-403.

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This study used multiple methods of error detection to determine the incidence of adverse events in patients discharged from an orthopedics department.

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