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Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program.

July 14, 2010

Pronovost P, Weast B, Rosenstein B, et al. J Patient Saf. 2005;1(1):33-40.

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The authors implemented a comprehensive unit-based safety program (CUSP) in two intensive care settings. They conclude that the program improved safety culture and decreased length of stay, medication errors, and nursing turnover rates.

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