Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 231-237 , December 2006

Creating Unit-Based Patient Safety Walk-Rounds in a Pediatric Emergency Department

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PII: S1522-8401(06)00081-4

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2006.08.012

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 231-237 , December 2006