Measuring hospital-wide activity volume for patient safety and infection control: a multi-centre study in Japan.

Kenshi Hayashida; Yuichi Imanaka; Haruhisa Fukuda

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Measuring hospital-wide activity volume for patient safety and infection control: a multi-centre study in Japan.

September 19, 2007

Hayashida K, Imanaka Y, Fukuda H. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007;7:140.

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This study developed a framework for measurement of time spent on patient safety–related activities, expressed in terms of person-hours per 100 beds or per 100 staff members.

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