Clinical excellence series: Eliminating perioperative adverse events at Ascension Health

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 256-266

  Ewing, Hella ^a   Bruder, Greg ^b   Baroco, Paul ^a   Hill, Maria ^c   Sparkman, Lora P ^d  

^a Sacred Heart Health System   (United States)

^b Clinical Excellence ^*

^c Ascension Health   (United States)

^d Clinical Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CATHOLICISM; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34247494150     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(07)33030-4     Document Type: Article

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