Toward a comprehensive quality assurance program.
Contributors: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
Series: QRB. Quality review bulletin -- 1979.
Publisher: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: Medical care -- Standards.; Medical care -- Evaluation.
Notes: Cover title.

A special ed. of QRB. Quality review bulletin.

-- Investigation of nosocomial infection outbreaks / Herbert W. Clegg II -- Protocols and "auditable" checklists in ambulatory medical care / Anthony Z. Komaroff -- Telephone follow-up for ER audits / John H. Mitchell -- Audit disclosure / Ronnie G. Tobin -- Coordinating qualtiy assurance activities / Leon P. Gardner -- One-day stay for hospital J / John D. Johnson -- MCEs refocused / Dale N. Schumacher -- PASport / John A. Lowe -- The learning point / John R. Senior - The case for QACE / Robert H. Barnes -- Patient education through record sharing / David L. Bronson -- The systems approach to patient safety / Joseph B. Davis.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Toward a comprehensive quality assurance program / Frank G. Sabatino; value: Principles of quality assurance / Audrone Vanagunas; value: Quality assessment / Audrone Vanagunas; value: Improved blood utilization through realistic hemotherapy guidelines / John B. Henry; value: Rationale and criteria for studying blood transfusions / QRB Editorial Panel; value: Antibiotic review / Donald K. Kiepert; value: The quality of death / Robert H. Barnes; value: The abnormal urinalysis in pediatric practice / Katherine K. Christoffel; value: An innovative approach to surveillance of nosocomial outbreaks / Maryanne B. McGuckin