title: Continuous quality improvement: a perioperative nursing approach.
abstract: This article describes in detail the steps taken in the Operating Room at the Toronto Hospital in implementing a Continuous Quality Management framework. Focusing on active participation, all levels of the O.R. staff worked through a process of identifying, developing, measuring and evaluating standards of practice. A step by step framework was followed in order to monitor current standards and develop new ones, thereby complying with the institution's mandate of supporting Continuous Quality Improvement.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bruce-Barrett
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Espin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reichert
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*