Anatomy of a patient safety event: a pediatric patient safety taxonomy.

D M Woods; J K Johnson; J L Holl; M Mehra; E J Thomas; E S Ogata; C Lannon

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Anatomy of a patient safety event: a pediatric patient safety taxonomy.

December 21, 2005

Woods DM, Johnson JK, Holl JL, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14(6):422-7.

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The authors developed a patient safety taxonomy for pediatric research and clinical practice improvement, organizing information into four key categories: problem type, medical domain, contributing factors, and event outcome.

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