Patient safety: latent risk factors.

M. van Beuzekom; F. Boer; S. Akerboom; P. Hudson

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Patient safety: latent risk factors.

June 15, 2011

van Beuzekom M, Boer F, Akerboom S, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2010;105(1):52-9.

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This review discusses the importance of identifying latent factors that contribute to errors and applying a systems approach to rectify them.

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