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Continuous quality improvement: a perioperative nursing approach. 1995

C Bruce-Barrett, and S Espin, and C Reichert

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.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013527	Perioperative Nursing	Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery.	Surgical Nursing,Nursing, Perioperative,Perianesthesia Nursing,Nursing, Perianesthesia
D017146	Models, Organizational	Theoretical representations and constructs that describe or explain the structure and hierarchy of relationships and interactions within or between formal organizational entities or informal social groups.	Organizational Models,Model, Organizational,Organizational Model
D017410	Practice Guidelines as Topic	Works about directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery.	Clinical Guidelines as Topic,Best Practices,Best Practice
D017749	Total Quality Management	The application of industrial management practice to systematically maintain and improve organization-wide performance. Effectiveness and success are determined and assessed by quantitative quality measures.	Continuous Quality Management,Lean Six Sigma,Sigma Metrics,Six Sigma,Lean Six Sigmas,Management, Continuous Quality,Management, Total Quality,Metric, Sigma,Metrics, Sigma,Sigma Metric,Sigma, Six,Sigmas, Six,Six Sigma, Lean,Six Sigmas,Six Sigmas, Lean