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IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.

This publication reports on the findings of the Latin American Study of Adverse Events, the first survey to explore the existence and impact of unsafe health care practices in the region.
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