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Medical Errors Detected and Corrected by a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultation Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Thomas J. Sandora  and
Donald A. Goldmann
Thomas J. Sandora*
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Donald A. Goldmann
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue LO 650, Boston, MA 02115[email protected]
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Abstract

Errors occur frequently in healthcare and can adversely affect outcomes. This prospective study demonstrates that pediatric consultants can detect a broad range of errors in the course of routine work. Many of these errors have the potential to cause harm and can be corrected by the intervention of an infectious diseases consultant.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , April 2005 , pp. 417 - 420
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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