Hospital workers' perceptions of waste: A qualitative study involving photo-elicitation

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 826-835

  Goff, Sarah L ^a,b   Kleppel, Reva ^a   Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b   Rothberg, Michael B ^c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CODING; ENERGY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE WASTE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS; NURSE; PHARMACIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SKILL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COMPLEXITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIX SIGMA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84884626334     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001683     Document Type: Article

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