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Chapter 7 - Reporting Adverse Events

from Section 3 - Reporting and Databases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

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Rebecca Claure  and
Julianne Mendoza
Edited by
Sally E. Rampersad  and
Cindy B. Katz
Sally E. Rampersad
Affiliation:
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Cindy B. Katz
Affiliation:
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Washington
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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine , pp. 50 - 63
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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