Standard setting and quality assurance
Kilbey, J.; Summersgill, T.
Professional Nurse 16(7): 1237-1239
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0266-8130 PMID: 12026784 Document Number: 536467
Staff in an oncology unit were keen to improve patient safety and care in an area where chemotherapy was regularly administered. They chose a quality-assurance system that enabled them to monitor procedures and fitted in with the aims of clinical governance.
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