Y E Emond, J J Stienen, H C Wollersheim, G J Bloo, J Damen, G P Westert, M A Boermeester, M A Pols, H Calsbeek, A P Wolff
BACKGROUND: To improve perioperative patient safety, hospitals are implementing evidence-based perioperative safety guidelines. To facilitate this process, it is important to provide insight into current practice. For this purpose, we aimed to develop patient safety indicators. METHODS: The RAND-modified Delphi method was used to develop a set of patient safety indicators based on the perioperative guidelines. First, a core group of experts systematically selected recommendations from the guidelines...
June 2015: British Journal of Anaesthesia