Quality quandaries: The availability of infusion pumps in a hospital

Quality Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-477

  Kemper, Benjamin P H ^a   Koopmans, Maril ^b   Does, Ronald J M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PHASE; INFUSION PUMP; LEAN SIX SIGMA; LEGAL RESTRICTION; NETHERLANDS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; PROJECT LEADERS; QUALITY QUANDARIES; STRUCTURED PROCESS; TOTAL COSTS;

HOSPITALS; PUMPS; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 77951450941     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: 15324222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982110903152876     Document Type: Article

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