The role of patient safety culture in the causation of unintended events in hospitals.

Marleen Smits; Cordula Wagner; Peter Spreeuwenberg; Danielle Timmermans; Gerrit van der Wal; Peter P Groenewegen

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The role of patient safety culture in the causation of unintended events in hospitals.

February 20, 2013

Smits M, Wagner C, Spreeuwenberg P, et al. J Clin Nurs. 2012;21(23-24):3392-401.

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Differences in safety culture between hospital units did not explain the variances seen in error reporting practices.

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