The implementation of audit in an ENT unit.
ENT Departments in the United Kingdom are faced with increasing pressure from government, management and the Colleges responsible for surgical training to introduce formal medical self audit. The plethora of guidelines and publications on the subject rarely address the differences in clinical practice between general medicine or surgery and that of otolaryngology. Clearly the lead in the introduction of medical audit will come from the appropriate specialist associations; however, this paper aims to share the experience of the implementation of audit in one otolaryngology, head and neck surgery unit and offer suggestions for a programme elsewhere.
Dingle
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North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.
Flood
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D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000379:methods*; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000592:standards*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom