What stops hospital clinical staff from following protocols? An analysis of the incidence and factors behind the failure of bedside clinical staff to activate the rapid response system in a multi-campus Australian metropolitan healthcare service

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 569-575

  Shearer, Bill ^a,b   Marshall, Stuart ^a,b   Buist, Michael David ^c   Finnigan, Monica ^a   Kitto, Simon ^d   Hore, Tonina ^a   Sturgess, Tamica ^a   Wilson, Stuart ^a   Ramsay, Wayne ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84863010403     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000692     Document Type: Article

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