Quality and safety in intensive care-A means to an end is critical

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-129

  Hewson Conroy, Karena M ^a,b   Elliott, Doug ^b   Burrell, Anthony R ^a,b,c  

^a NSW Intensive Care Co ordination and Monitoring Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice improvement; Evidence based medicine; Intensive care; Process measures; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955052599     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2009.12.001     Document Type: Review

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