Risk management: where are hospital ‘green’ committees and officers?
Forbes McGain A D and Eugenie Kayak B C
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A Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Western Hospital, Gordon Street, Footscray, VIC 3011, Australia.
B Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia.
C Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC 3181, Australia. Email: eugenie.kayak@mac.com
D Corresponding author. Email: forbes.mcgain@wh.org.au
Australian Health Review 34(4) 523-524 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH10891
Submitted: 22 February 2010 Accepted: 15 March 2010 Published: 25 November 2010
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