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A systematic approach to the identification and classification of near-miss events on labor and delivery in a large, national health care system.
November 27, 2012
Clark SL, Meyers JA, Frye DR, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;207(6):441-5.
This analysis of more than 200,000 normal births found that the most common near misses (medication errors and patient identification errors) were easily preventable and had low potential for harm. In contrast, near misses involving physician responsiveness and decision-making were rare, but potentially much more harmful to patients.
