A Web-based Tool for the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient SafetyPublished 1 March 2006
Peter J. Pronovost, Jay King, Christine G. Holzmueller, Melinda Sawyer, Shauna Bivens, Michelle Michael
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The six-step Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) is intended to improve local culture and safety and its success depends on an organizational commitment to creating a culture of safety.
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The eCUSP tool's success depends on an organizational commitment to creating a culture of safety.
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