Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey.

Elizabeth Robb; Brian Jarman; Ganesh Suntharalingam; Clare Higgens; Rachel Tennant; Karen Elcock

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Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey.

April 14, 2010

Robb E, Jarman B, Suntharalingam G, et al. BMJ. 2010;340:c1234.

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In this study conducted at three hospitals in the United Kingdom, implementing standardized checklists of interventions targeting common illnesses and health care–associated infections resulted in lower in-hospital mortality rates.

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