Successful use of a rapid response team in the pediatric oncology outpatient setting.

Yvonne Avent; Sherry Johnson; Nan Henderson; Keith Wilder; James Cresswell; Lama Elbahlawan

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Successful use of a rapid response team in the pediatric oncology outpatient setting.

January 3, 2017

Avent Y, Johnson S, Henderson N, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36(1):43-5.

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This case report illustrates the benefits of utilizing a rapid response team (RRT) in the outpatient setting, and discusses broader findings of RRT use at a pediatric hospital.

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