Nature, causes and consequences of unintended events in surgical units.

I. van Wagtendonk; M. Smits; H. Merten; M. J. Heetveld; C. Wagner

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Nature, causes and consequences of unintended events in surgical units.

December 1, 2010

van Wagtendonk I, Smits M, Merten H, et al. Br J Surg. 2010;97(11):1730-40.

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Voluntary error reporting combined with root cause analysis was used to analyze adverse events at 10 surgical inpatient units in Dutch hospitals.

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