National early warning score (NEWS)-evaluation in Surgery

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 245-252

  Neary, Peter M ^a   Regan, Mark ^a   Joyce, Myles J ^a   McAnena, Oliver J ^a   Callanan, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b St Vincent's Healthcare Group   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Escalation; National Early Warning Score; NEWS; Rapid response teams; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84927757273     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJHCQA-01-2014-0012     Document Type: Article

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