Hospital checklists transforming evidence-based care and patient safety protocols into routine practice

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-149

  Robbins, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Live Data Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklists; Evidence based care; Operating room; Patient safety; WHO surgical safety checklist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL CHECKLIST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHECKLIST; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOUTH CAROLINA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79956073361     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: 15505111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e31820f7467     Document Type: Article

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