TY - JOUR
T1 - Targeting Errors in the ICU
T2 - Use of a National Database
AU - Kleinpell, Ruth
AU - Thompson, David
AU - Kelso, Lynn
AU - Pronovost, Peter J.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - The authors believe that as we move from viewing adverse event reporting systems as punitive, and as the safety culture improves, reporting will likely increase. Voluntary incident reporting systems can be used to improve patient safety in the ICU by identifying broken or inadequate systems that lead to adverse events [26]. Voluntary external reporting systems such as the ICUSRS can be used to target errors and produce evidence-based best practice measures to improve patient safety in the ICU.
AB - The authors believe that as we move from viewing adverse event reporting systems as punitive, and as the safety culture improves, reporting will likely increase. Voluntary incident reporting systems can be used to improve patient safety in the ICU by identifying broken or inadequate systems that lead to adverse events [26]. Voluntary external reporting systems such as the ICUSRS can be used to target errors and produce evidence-based best practice measures to improve patient safety in the ICU.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ccell.2006.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ccell.2006.08.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17118305
AN - SCOPUS:33750990208
SN - 0899-5885
VL - 18
SP - 509
EP - 514
JO - Critical care nursing clinics of North America
JF - Critical care nursing clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -