A trigger tool fails to identify serious errors and adverse events in pediatric otolaryngology.

Lina Lander; David W. Roberson; Katrina M. Plummer; Peter W. Forbes; Gerald B. Healy; Rahul K. Shah

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A trigger tool fails to identify serious errors and adverse events in pediatric otolaryngology.

October 27, 2010

Lander L, Roberson DW, Plummer KM, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010;143(4):480-486.

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A novel trigger tool intended to detect errors in pediatric otolaryngology patients unfortunately missed many cases of preventable adverse events.

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