Benchmarking of World Health Organization surgical safety checklist

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 422-425

  Messahel, Farouk M ^a   Al Qahtani, Ali S ^b  

^a Armed Forces Hospitals Programme Southern Region   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAUDI ARABIA; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BENCHMARKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67649239368     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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