Pica Behavior in Acute Care Hospitals: Strategies for Screening and Mitigating Risk of Harm
By Benjamin R. Thomas, Matthew A. Taylor. The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) has received hundreds of event reports describing patients who ingested inedible objects while receiving treatment in acute care hospitals.
Authors
- Benjamin R. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6866-7854)
- Matthew Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6052-3098)
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Patient Safety
- Published
- 2024-12-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.33940/001c.126759
- Primary Topic
- Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00