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Injury and death associated with incidents reported to the Patient Safety Net.

Reid M, Estacio R, Albert R. Am J Med Qual. 2009;24:520-524.

This study characterizes the types and severity of patient safety events at academic hospitals that were reported to a voluntary error reporting system.

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Resource Type

Study

Setting of Care

Hospitals

Target Audience

Quality and Safety Professionals

Clinical Area

General Internal Medicine

Hospital Medicine

Safety Target

Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

Pressure Ulcers

Nonsurgical Procedural Complications

Surgical Complications

Patient Falls

Approach to Improving Safety

Nongovernmental Reporting

Origin/Sponsor

United States of America