Developing a medical emergency team running sheet to improve clinical handoff and documentation

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 570-575

  Mardegan, Karen ^a   Heland, Melodie ^b   Whitelock, Tiffany ^c   Millar, Robert ^d   Jones, Daryl ^e  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Deteriorating Patient Committee   (Australia)

^c Division of Surgery   (Australia)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL HANDOVER; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DOCUMENTATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT HANDOFF; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84889034733     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39073-4     Document Type: Article

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