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Collaborative Leadership in Product Evaluation
Author(s) -
Halvorson Cynthia K.,
Chinnes Libby F.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(07)60043-x
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , product (mathematics) , perioperative , operating room nursing , quality (philosophy) , nursing , medicine , patient safety , patient care , process management , business , operations management , health care , surgery , engineering , political science , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , epistemology , law
• NEW PRODUCT INNOVATIONS can have a siginigicant effect on patient safety and the quality of patient care. • PERIOPERATIVE NURSES and infection control professionals can collaborate during the selection of new products to ensure the products promote patient safely and improve outcomes. • INFECTION CONTROLS PROFESSIONALS and perioperative nurse are uniquely positioned to demonstrate leadership in all phases of the product evaluation process. AORN J 85 (February 2007) 334–352. © AORN, Inc, 2007.