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Safety by design
Accidents waiting to happen: the contribution of latent conditions to patient safety
Abstract
Poor design of elements in a healthcare system produce the latent conditions which result in patient safety incidents. A better understanding of these elements and specific healthcare design challenges will result in improved patient safety.
- design
- patient safety
- human error
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Competing interests: none declared.
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Copyright 2006 Quality and Safety in Health Care