Serious Safety Events: Getting to Zero. Second Edition.

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Serious Safety Events: Getting to Zero. Second Edition.

October 17, 2012

Hoppes M, Mitchell JL. Chicago, IL: American Society for Healthcare Risk Management; October 2014.

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