Practice of Medical Error Detection and Incident Handling in Selected Public Hospitals, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2024-05-26
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Addis Ababa University
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Medical error is an emerging global public health problem that poses a threat to patient safety. Health care providing institutions and the health care system should be competent enough to detect incidents of medical error. Patient safety efforts are increasing at global and national level. However, claims for medical errors are rising over time. In Ethiopia, the rate of medical error claims are increasing, and hospitals are where most error claims happen.
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detection and Incident handling