Errors and near misses in digestive endoscopy units.

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Published in Dig Liver Dis on July 17, 2012

Authors

Giorgio Minoli1, Paolo Borsato, Enrico Colombo, Aurora Bortoli, Tino Casetti, Giovanni de Pretis, Luca Ferraris, Ivano Lorenzini, Alberto Meggio, Rudy Meroni, Lucia Piazzi, Vittorio Terruzzi

Author Affiliations

1: UO di Gastroenterologia, Ospedale Valduce, Como, Italy. giorgio.minoli@gmail.com

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