Testing a classification model for emergency department errors.

Elizabeth A. Henneman; Fidela S J Blank; Sandra Gattasso; Katherine Williamson; Philip L. Henneman

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Testing a classification model for emergency department errors.

June 28, 2006

Henneman EA, Blank FSJ, Gattasso S, et al. J Adv Nurs. 2006;55(1):90-9.

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The investigators used the Eindhoven Classification Model to analyze errors in the emergency department and found that it was not appropriate for categorizing errors in that setting.

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