Improving Patient and Worker Safety—Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation.

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Improving Patient and Worker Safety—Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation.

December 19, 2012

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission; 2012.

This monograph highlights opportunities to coordinate improvements for both patient and worker safety, such as hospital design and human factors engineering.

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