Case study: Preventing surgical complications at baystate medical center

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 666-671

  Fitzgerald, Janice ^a   Kanter, Gary ^b,c   Benjamin, Evan ^c,d  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Healthcare Quality   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MASSACHUSETTS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 36649024348     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33076-6     Document Type: Article

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