Landrigan Christopher P
Inpatient Pediatrics Service, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2005 Aug;52(4):979-93, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2005.05.001.
This article explores the current state of knowledge about the safety of hospitalized patients in general and patients in pediatric settings in particular. It discusses approaches to evaluating patient safety and reviews the current literature on adverse events and errors in hospitals. The article also discusses strategies proven effective in reducing medical errors and some of the barriers to implementing these strategies that must be overcome.
本文探讨了关于住院患者总体安全状况的现有知识，特别是儿科患者的安全状况。它讨论了评估患者安全的方法，并回顾了有关医院不良事件和错误的当前文献。本文还讨论了在减少医疗错误方面已被证明有效的策略，以及实施这些策略必须克服的一些障碍。
