Patient safety: threats and solutions.

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Patient safety: threats and solutions.

August 28, 2013

McCaughan D, Kaufman G. Nurs Stand. 2013;27(44):48-55; quiz 56, 58.

This commentary provides an overview of patient safety, including types of adverse events, causes for errors, and how to learn from failures.

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