Medical errors on an inpatient neurology service

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Frank, S [1 ]
Holloway, R [1 ]
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[1] Univ Rochester, Sch Med & Dent, Rochester, NY 14620 USA
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10.1212/01.WNL.0000073102.81646.D7
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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It has been proposed that "near misses" or "close calls" could serve as a focus for corrective action. Voluntary, anonymous error data were collected for 4 weeks and 235 events were reported: 168 were near misses and 67 resulted in adverse patient consequences. Of the 35 errors relating to diet, 17 (49%) resulted in adverse patient consequences, compared with only 5 of 43 (12%) of the errors related to medication.
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