Comparing the usability and reliability of a generic and a domain-specific medical error taxonomy.

Ibrahim Adham Taib; Andrew S McIntosh; Carlo Caponecchia; Melissa T Baysari

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Comparing the usability and reliability of a generic and a domain-specific medical error taxonomy.

July 25, 2012

Taib IA, McIntosh AS, Caponecchia C, et al. Saf Sci. 2012;50(9).

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The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) taxonomy was found to be more reliable for classifying medication errors than the more generic Patient Safety Event Taxonomy.

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