Assessment of patient safety research from an organizational ergonomics and structural perspective.

A. L. Schutz; M. A. Counte; S. Meurer

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Assessment of patient safety research from an organizational ergonomics and structural perspective.

October 3, 2011

Schutz AL, Counte MA, Meurer S. Ergonomics. 2007;50(9):1451-84.

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This review analyzed literature on safety improvement strategies within the framework of organizational and structural factors that affect patient safety in health care systems.

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