System weaknesses as contributing causes of accidents in health care.

Sven Ternov; Roland Akselsson

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System weaknesses as contributing causes of accidents in health care.

April 3, 2005

Ternov S, Akselsson R. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005;17(1):5-13.

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The authors examine the correlation between system weaknesses and accidents. They suggest allocating sufficient resources to develop procedures and establish competence in systematic safety analysis.

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