Methods for Detecting and Measuring Adverse Hospital Events
Introduction: An adverse event is defined as an unexpected event such as a patient fall, a drug reaction or an infection, which leads to patient injury and is caused by healthcare management rather than patient own diseases. There is evidence to suggest that adverse events frequently occur in modern...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2005-10-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/2453.pdf&manuscript_id=2453 |