Rapid response teams and failure to rescue: one community's experience.

Jere A. Hammer; Terry L. Jones; Sharon A. Brown

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Rapid response teams and failure to rescue: one community's experience.

June 27, 2012

Hammer JA, Jones TL, Brown SA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27(4):352-8.

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This study found no association between rapid response team implementation and mortality from failure to rescue among hospitals in a large metropolitan area.

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