Serious incidents after death: content analysis of incidents reported to a national database. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Serious incidents after death: content analysis of incidents reported to a national database. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published November 2017

Serious incidents after death: content analysis of incidents reported to a national database.

Yardley IE, Carson-Stevens A, Donaldson LJ. J R Soc Med. 2018;111:57-64.

Investigators analyzed 132 incident reports from the Strategic Executive Information System database in England regarding errors in the postmortem management of patients. They conclude that there is significant opportunity to improve the safety of mortuary care.

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