Surgical adverse outcome reporting as part of routine clinical care.

J Kievit; M Krukerink; P J Marang- van de Mheen

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Surgical adverse outcome reporting as part of routine clinical care.

May 19, 2010

Kievit J, Krukerink M, van de Mheen PJM-. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(6):e20.

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Voluntary error reporting systems have traditionally been underutilized by physicians. This Dutch study found that implementation of a reporting system for surgical errors was widely accepted by physicians and resulted in meaningful system improvements.

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