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ts19998

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on: Jun 21, 2018
According to your text, which of the following is an example of a patient-focused intervention to reduce medical errors?
 
  A) Making the typical nurse shift shorter
  B) Asking doctors if they washed hands
  C) Making a typical doctor shift shorter
  D) Averting errors via computer systems

Question 2

What do researchers like Leape and Berwick (2005 ) recommend hospitals do regarding medical errors?
 
  A) Assign blame to the persons responsible for them.
  B) Focus on successes rather than focus on mistakes.
  C) Analyze the systems that enable errors to happen.
  D) Analyze the staff interactions that result in errors.


scrocafella

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


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