The well-defined pediatric ICU: Active surveillance using nonmedical personnel to capture less serious safety events

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 550-560

  White, William A ^a   Kennedy, Kelly ^b   Belgum, Holly S ^a   Payne, Nathaniel R ^c   Kurachek, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PA   (United States)

^c Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINNESOTA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TABLET; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84956576271     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(15)41072-4     Document Type: Article

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