Safety alerts: Improving the safety of oxygen therapy in hospitals: Summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7741, 2010, Pages 313-

  Lamont, Tara ^a   Luettel, Dagmar ^a   Scarpello, John ^a   O'Driscoll, B Ronan ^b   Connew, Steven ^c  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

OXYGEN;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76149136774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c187     Document Type: Article

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