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Frequency and type of errors and near errors reported by critical care nurses.

Balas MC, Scott LD, Rogers AE. Can J Nurs Res. 2006;38:24-41.

Prior research has demonstrated that intensive care unit patients are particularly vulnerable to medical error. This survey of critical care nurses examined the frequency, types, and causes of self-reported errors. Errors were frequent, with more than a quarter of nurses committing at least one error during the 28-day study period, and an even greater proportion reported "near errors" (where the nurse caught herself before the error was committed).

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Mental slips and lapses: no one is immune.

Nurse Advise-ERR. October 2005;3:1.

This article explains why slips tend to happen in health care and provides six tips to preventing them in nursing practice.

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