Quality in practice: Implementation of hospital guidelines for patient identification in Malawi

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 626-633

  Latham, Tom ^a,b   Malomboza, Olive ^c   Nyirenda, Loveness ^d   Ashford, Paul ^e   Emmanuel, Jean ^f   M'baya, Bridon ^c   Bates, Imelda ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c Malawi Blood Transfusion Service   (Malawi)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^e ICCBBA   (United Kingdom)

^f Safe Blood for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Education; Malawi; Patient identification systems; Safety management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALAWI; MEDICAL DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKING TIME; WRISTBAND;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALAWI; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84869468073     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs038     Document Type: Article

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