Patient safety in surgery: What lessons can we learn from the current US standards?;Patientensicherheit in der Chirurgie: Was können wir von den US-amerikanischen Standards lernen?

Perioperative Medizin

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-43

  Stahel, Philip F ^a   Fakler, Johannes K M ^b   Smith, Wade R ^a   Clarke, Ted J ^c   Mehler, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical triggers; Patient safety; Quality assurance protocols; Rapid response; Surgical complications; Time out

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651152626     PISSN: 18752772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.periop.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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