SCIP: Making Complications of Surgery the Exception Rather than the Rule

AORN Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Clancy, Carolyn M ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40049085142     PISSN: 00012092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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