Compliance with a time-out procedure intended to prevent wrong surgery in hospitals: Results of a national patient safety programme in the Netherlands

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Van Schoten, Steffie M ^a   Kop, Veerle ^a   De Blok, Carolien ^a,b   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^a   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,c   Wagner, Cordula ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SURGICAL ERROR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CHECKLIST; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903587094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005075     Document Type: Article

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