Pediatric patient safety in emergency departments: Unit characteristics and staff perceptions

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 485-493

  Shaw, Kathy N ^a   Ruddy, Richard M ^b   Olsen, Cody S ^c   Lillis, Kathleen A ^d   Mahajan, Prashant V ^e   Michael Dean, J ^c   Chamberlain, James M ^f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care quality; Pediatric emergency care; Pediatric patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAFF TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749093096     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2858     Document Type: Article

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