Improving on-time start of day and end of day for a pediatric surgical service

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Varughese, Anna M ^a,b   Adler, Elena ^a   Anneken, Amy ^b   Kurth, C Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Operating rooms; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PREMEDICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84879985573     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2820     Document Type: Article

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