Designing evidence-based patient safety interventions: The case of the UK's national health service hospital wristbands

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 316-322

  Sevdalis, Nick ^a,b   Norris, Beverley ^b   Ranger, Chris ^b   Bothwell, Sue ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Interventions; NPSA; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE; WRIST;

EID: 62849087289     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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