Clinical governance in practice

Clinical governance: learning and changing practice.

CONTEXT This paper describes a very simple, non-threatening method for improving communication and sharing learning points. OBJECTIVE To test whether sharing anonymised reporting of problems and helpful hints is acceptable and useful to staff. DESIGN A pink slip (pinkie) was designed and made available in every clinic venue. All staff were asked to write about any episodes where practice wa...

Good Research Practice - Quality Governance in pre - clinical biomedical research

It is without any doubt that the scientific progress of continued innovation requires scientists having significant freedom to use their creativity to its full potential. This is the key to advance life sciences and to translate the development of novel drugs into clinical applications. Society should therefore abstain from imposing any regulations or policies that restrict the scientific devel...

Clinical governance in primary care: participating in clinical governance.

Frequency of Errors in Clinical Laboratory Practice

  Background and Objective: Laboratory errors are one of the major factors that affect the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and monitoring in patients.The objective of study is to evaluate the frequency and type of errors in different phases of testing at the Pathology Department of the Shalamar Hospital, Lahore and to evaluate the causes of errors. Methods: This observational study was carrie...

Clinical Governance: Costs and Benefits