Recovery from medical errors: the critical care nursing safety net.

Jeffrey M. Rothschild; Ann Hurley; Christopher P. Landrigan; John W. Cronin; Kristina Martell-Waldrop; Cathy Foskett; Elisabeth Burdick; Charles A. Czeisler; David W. Bates

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Recovery from medical errors: the critical care nursing safety net.

January 31, 2006

Rothschild JM, Hurley A, Landrigan CP, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32(2):63-72.

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The authors analyzed incident reports and observed nursing care in a coronary care unit and found that medical errors are frequently recovered by nursing staff.

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