Safety climate and medical errors in 62 US emergency departments.

Carlos A. Camargo; Chu-Lin Tsai; Ashley F. Sullivan; Paul D. Cleary; James A. Gordon; Edward Guadagnoli; Rainu Kaushal; David J. Magid; Sowmya R. Rao; David Blumenthal

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Safety climate and medical errors in 62 US emergency departments.

January 9, 2013

Camargo CA, Tsai C-L, Sullivan AF, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;60(5):555-563.e20.

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In this study, better safety climates in emergency departments were associated with more intercepted near misses but not with fewer preventable adverse events.

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