Standardizing a Patient Safety Taxonomy.

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Standardizing a Patient Safety Taxonomy.

February 22, 2006

Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2006.

In this report, the National Quality Forum presents four consensus standards that support the application of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' Patient Safety Event Taxonomy—a standardized framework for classifying patient safety data.

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