The Safe Tables Collaborative: a statewide experience.

Carol A Wagner; Diane Cecchettini; John Fletcher

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The Safe Tables Collaborative: a statewide experience.

May 4, 2011

Wagner CA, Cecchettini D, Fletcher J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37(5):206-10, 193.

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The authors, who won the 2010 Eisenberg Award for their work, discuss how their collaborative improved health care safety statewide.

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