Attitudes and barriers to incident reporting: a collaborative hospital study.

S M Evans; J G Berry; B J Smith; A Esterman; P Selim; J O'Shaughnessy; M DeWit

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Attitudes and barriers to incident reporting: a collaborative hospital study.

February 22, 2006

Evans SM, Berry JG, Smith BJ, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(1):39-43.

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The researchers surveyed physicians and nurses in South Australia regarding their use of incident reporting systems and barriers to reporting.

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