Learning from near misses: from quick fixes to closing off the Swiss-cheese holes.

Lianne Jeffs; Whitney Berta; Lorelei A Lingard; Ross Baker

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Learning from near misses: from quick fixes to closing off the Swiss-cheese holes.

March 7, 2012

Jeffs L, Berta W, Lingard LA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(4):287-94.

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This study identified three different scenarios associated with organizational responses to near misses.

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