Effect of a "Lean" intervention to improve safety processes and outcomes on a surgical emergency unit

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7781, 2010, Pages 1043-1046

  McCulloch, Peter ^a   Kreckler, Simon ^b   New, Steve ^b   Sheena, Yezen ^c   Handa, Ashok ^a   Catchpole, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL WARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 78349260145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5469     Document Type: Review

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