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editorial . 2020 May 13:mzaa050. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa050
COVID-19: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Skills to Deploy during the Surge
Anthony Staines
1,✉, René Amalberti
2, Donald M Berwick
3, Jeffrey Braithwaite
4, Peter Lachman
5, Charles A Vincent
6
Anthony Staines
1
Hospital Federation of Vaud, Prilly, Switzerland – IFROSS Institute, University of Lyon 3, France
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René Amalberti
2
Public Foundation for Industrial Safety Culture-FONCSI, Toulouse, France
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Donald M Berwick
3
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, USA
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Jeffrey Braithwaite
4
Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Australia
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Peter Lachman
5
International Society for Quality in Healthcare, Dublin, Ireland
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Charles A Vincent
6
University of Oxford, Experimental Psychology, United Kingdom
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1
Hospital Federation of Vaud, Prilly, Switzerland – IFROSS Institute, University of Lyon 3, France
2
Public Foundation for Industrial Safety Culture-FONCSI, Toulouse, France
3
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, USA
4
Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Australia
5
International Society for Quality in Healthcare, Dublin, Ireland
6
University of Oxford, Experimental Psychology, United Kingdom
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Correspondence to: Anthony Staines, PhD, Hospital Federation of Vaud, Bois de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Switzerland, anthony.staines@bluewin.ch, Tel +4121 800 01 72
Received 2020 Apr 24; Revised 2020 May 3; Accepted 2020 May 7.
Keywords: Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Pandemic, COVID-19
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