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A check-up for safety culture in my "patient care area"

Sexton JB, Paine LA, Manfuso J, et al. A check-up for safety culture in "my patient care area”. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. Nov 2007;33(11):699-703.

The two-page Culture Check-Up Tool, which takes 30 to 60 minutes to complete as a group exercise, can help clinicians recognize and fix culture problems.

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A check-up for safety culture in my "patient care area"