Canadian association of gastroenterology consensus guidelines on safety and quality indicators in endoscopy

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-31

  Armstrong, David ^a   Barkun, Alan ^b   Bridges, Ron ^c   Carter, Rose ^d   De Gara, Chris ^d   Dubé, Catherine ^c   Enns, Robert ^e   Hollingworth, Roger ^f   MacIntosh, Donald ^g   Borgaonkar, Mark ^h   Forget, Sylviane ^b   Leontiadis, Grigorios ^a   Meddings, Jonathan ⁱ   Cotton, Peter ^j   Kuipers, Ernst J ^k   Valori, Roland ^l  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Digestive system; Endoscopy; Guideline; Health care; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; STANDARD;

EID: 84856400553     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/173739     Document Type: Article

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