Important variations in the content of care pathway documents for total knee arthroplasty may lead to quality and patient safety problems

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-15

  Segal, Olivier ^d   Bellemans, Johan ^a   Van Gerven, Eva ^d   Deneckere, Svin ^d   Panella, Massimiliano ^d   Sermeus, Walter ^d   Vanhaecht, Kris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

arthroplasty; care pathway; critical pathway; knee; quality; safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMPRESSION STOCKING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND CARE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872929839     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01760.x     Document Type: Review

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