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What are the effects of internal audits on quality and safety of hospital care?

Recruiting
Conditions
Patient safety, hospital, hospital care, effects, internal audits, internal audit system, auditing
Registration Number
NL-OMON20561
Lead Sponsor
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
800
Inclusion Criteria

The included departments of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre are:

1. Comprehensive and thus recognizable for other hospitals;

Exclusion Criteria

In this study we exclude the following criteria:

1. The eight ‘sub audits’ perform by experts (Medication Safety, Hygiene and Infection prevention, ARBO and milieu, Medical Devices, Sterile Medical Aids, Patient-centered, Education and Scientific Research);

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Complications and adverse events.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Patient safety culture;<br /><br>2. Team Climate;<br /><br>3. Experiences of patients;<br /><br>4. Standarized Mortality Rate (SMR);<br /><br>5. Unintended prolonged hospital stay;<br /><br>6. Learning effects of health care givers and department leaders.
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