Process changes to increase compliance with the universal protocol for bedside procedures

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 947-949

  Barsuk, Jeffrey H ^a   Brake, Helga ^a   Caprio, Timothy ^a   Barnard, Cynthia ^a,b   Anderson, Denise Y ^b   Williams, Mark V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATING ROOM; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORACOCENTESIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARACENTESIS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPINAL PUNCTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957563051     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.202     Document Type: Letter

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