Adverse events following an emergency department visit.

Alan J. Forster; Nicholas G W Rose; Carl van Walraven; Ian Stiell

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Adverse events following an emergency department visit.

March 28, 2011

Forster AJ, Rose NGW, van Walraven C, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16(1):17-22.

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The investigators interviewed patients 2 weeks after emergency department discharge to identify adverse events and their causes. They found that most adverse events were preventable.

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