Benefits and risks of including patients on RCA teams.

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Benefits and risks of including patients on RCA teams.

June 18, 2008

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 5, 2008;13:1-3.

This article describes recommendations for involving patients in incident analysis along with potential benefits and challenges of this strategy.

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