An audit of paediatric audits.
An audit of audits at a children's hospital over a six year period showed that 27.8% fulfilled the criteria for a full audit and 22.2% were re-audited. It is recommended that newcomers to audit are given training on audit methodology and that all audit departments should audit their audits annually.
John
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CM
Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK.
Mathew
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DE
Gnanalingham
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MG
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards