Standardizing safety.

Full Abstract

A 25-year-old aviation safety tool, crew resource management (CRM), is dramatically improving patient safety in a growing number of hospitals.

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Author information

Author/s: Meyers, Susan (S);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Trustee : the journal for hospital governing boards (Trustee), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 Jul-Aug; vol 59 (issue 7) : pp 12-4, 21, 1

Dates: Created 2006/08/08; Completed 2006/09/12;

PMID: 16892871, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Humans
Medical Errors - prevention & control
Safety Management - standards
Total Quality Management
United States

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