A web-based tool for the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP).

Peter Pronovost; Jay King; Christine G. Holzmueller; Melinda Sawyer; Shauna Bivens; Michelle Michael; Kathy Haig; Lori A. Paine; Dana Moore; Marlene R. Miller

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A web-based tool for the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP).

March 15, 2006

Pronovost P, King J, Holzmueller CG, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32(3):119-29.

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