A multidisciplinary team approach to Retained foreign objects

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-132

  Cima, Robert R ^a   Kollengode, Anantha ^b   Storsveen, Amy S ^c   Weisbrod, Cheryl A ^c   Deschamps, Claude ^d   Koch, Mark B ^e   Moore, Debra ^e   Pool, Sarah R ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Quality Management Services   (United States)

^c Surgical Services

^d Department of Surgery ^*

^e Administrative Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MANPOWER; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 62449221907     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(09)35016-3     Document Type: Article

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