Letters
Patient safety
Importance of near misses
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b3032 (Published 28 July 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3032
- Benjamin W Lamb, clinical research fellow1,
- Kamal Nagpal, clinical research fellow1
- 1Imperial College London, London W2 1PG
- benjamin.lamb{at}imperial.ac.uk
The sixth report of the government committee on patient safety emphasises serious events such as the case of Wayne Jowett, who received a fatal injection of an anticancer drug at the wrong site.1 However, less than 30% of adverse events result in …
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