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The measurement of safety in healthcare is challenging, yet the simple actions of identifying and measuring adverse events, accessible to all professionals, has the potential to be highly beneficial. The chapter provides an overall view of pragmatic concepts, methods and key points that may serve this objective.
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Amalberti, R. (2015). Measuring and Assessing Adverse Medical Events. In: Barach, P., Jacobs, J., Lipshultz, S., Laussen, P. (eds) Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6566-8_27
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