Developing a patient safety surveillance system to identify adverse events in the intensive care unit.

David C Stockwell; Sandra L Kane-Gill

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Developing a patient safety surveillance system to identify adverse events in the intensive care unit.

June 16, 2010

Stockwell DC, Kane-Gill SL. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(6 Suppl):S117-25.

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This study reviewed the literature on different error surveillance systems and highlights what each system—such as chart review, trigger tools, and incident reporting systems—offers to organizational improvement efforts.

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