Critical incident monitoring in paediatric and adult critical care: from reporting to improved patient outcomes?

Bernhard Frey; David L B Schwappach

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Critical incident monitoring in paediatric and adult critical care: from reporting to improved patient outcomes?

October 27, 2010

Frey B, Schwappach DLB. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2010;16(6):649-53.

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This review discusses critical incident reporting mechanisms and how system changes are implemented based on the data collected from these reports.

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