A Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) in Surgery: Improving Quality Through Transparency

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-63

  Cooper, Michol ^a   Makary, Martin A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Transparency; Universal protocols; Wrong patient; Wrong site

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPREHENSIVE UNIT BASED PROGRAM; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84856173121     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.11.008     Document Type: Review

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