Improving the safety and efficacy of warfarin therapy in a metropolitan private hospital: A multidisciplinary practice improvement project

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-244

  Duff, Jed ^a,b   Walker, Kim ^a,b  

^a St Vincent's Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Multidisciplinary collaboration; Nursing; Practice improvement; Quality and safety; Statistical process control charts; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CLINICAL AUDIT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WARFARIN;

EID: 79952198905     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2010.35.2.234     Document Type: Article

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