Using quality indicators in anaesthesia: Feeding back data to improve care

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-91

  Benn, J ^a   Arnold, G ^b   Wei, I ^a   Riley, C ^b   Aleva, F ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

feedback; PACU; patient flow; perioperative normothermia; postoperative nausea; postoperative pain; quality assurance; quality improvement; quality indicators; theatre efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84863577384     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes173     Document Type: Review

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