Development and testing of tools to detect ambulatory surgical adverse events.

Hillary J. Mull; Ann Borzecki; Kathleen Hickson; Kamal M F Itani; Amy K. Rosen

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Development and testing of tools to detect ambulatory surgical adverse events.

June 5, 2013

Mull HJ, Borzecki A, Hickson K, et al. J Patient Saf. 2013;9(2):96-102.

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This study reports on the development of a novel trigger tool for detecting adverse events in ambulatory surgery, which identified more adverse events than the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program method.

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