What causes near-misses and how are they mitigated?

Karen Gabel Speroni; Judith Fisher; Marie Dennis; Marlon Daniel

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What causes near-misses and how are they mitigated?

June 5, 2013

Speroni KG, Fisher J, Dennis M, et al. Nursing (Brux). 2013;43(4):19-24.

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This survey of hospital nurses identified both individual and system factors that contributed to near misses.

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