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COVID-19 dominates annual list of patient safety concerns.

March 24, 2021

Brooks M. Medscape Medical News. March 15, 2021.

Safe care is influenced by both global and local changes in the environment. This news story summarizes a prioritized list of patient safety concerns--many of which were heightened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Inequities due to ethnicity, lack of emergency readiness and ineffective pandemic readiness are highlighted.

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