The medical emergency team and rapid response system: finding, treating, and preventing hypoglycemia.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf

Inpatient Diabetes Intiatives, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA.

Published: October 2006

Administrative and quality improvement processes that occurred in response to one patient's series of critical hypoglycemic events ultimately contributed to systematic improvements in patient safety.

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