Creating Unit-Based Patient Safety Walk-Rounds in a Pediatric Emergency Department

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-237

  Shaw, Kathy N ^a   Lavelle, Jane ^a   Crescenzo, Kelly ^a   Noll, Jacqueline ^a   Bonalumi, Nancy ^a   Baren, Jill ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

pediatric emergency medicine; safety walk rounds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 33845230142     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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