Error disclosure: a new domain for safety culture assessment.

Jason Etchegaray; Thomas H Gallagher; Sigall K Bell; Ben Dunlap; Eric J Thomas

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Error disclosure: a new domain for safety culture assessment.

May 23, 2012

Etchegaray J, Gallagher TH, Bell SK, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(7):594-9.

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This article reports on the development of a survey to assess institutional culture around error disclosure, an important aspect of transparency that is not covered in detail in some existing safety culture surveys.

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