A multihospital safety improvement effort and the dissemination of new knowledge.

Peter D. Mills; William B. Weeks; B. C. Surott-Kimberly

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A multihospital safety improvement effort and the dissemination of new knowledge.

March 6, 2005

Mills PD, Weeks WB, Surott-Kimberly BC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2003;29(3):124-133.

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