Improving the peri-operative experience: a multidisciplinary team approach.
Describes the clinical audit forum of anaesthetists in North Tees NHS Trust with particular reference to patients' peri-operative experience. Shows that a designated waiting room in theatre has improved the effectiveness and efficiency of the service provided.
Johns
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North Tees Health NHS Trust, Stockton-on-Tees, UK.
Summerbell
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D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D008330:Management Audit; D017146:Models, Organizational; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom