The impact of accreditation on patient safety and quality of care as perceived by nursing staff in a university hospital in Saudi Arabia

Research Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-323

  Awa, B Al ^a   Mazrooa, A Al ^b   Habib, H S ^b   Rayes, O ^a   Noury, K Al ^a,b   Elhati, T ^a   Deek, B El ^b   Devreux, I ^b  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Nursing survey; Patient safety; Percentage environment; Quality of patient care; Statistically

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; SAUDI ARABIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 78649752521     PISSN: 18159346     EISSN: 19936095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmsci.2010.319.323     Document Type: Article

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