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Clinical audit: a tool in the defence of clinical standards
Author(s) -
Dunn James
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.e694
Subject(s) - audit , clinical audit , clinical practice , medical prescription , medicine , business , nursing , accounting
James Dunn outlines the process of clinical audit, arguing that regular clinical audit, at local level, empowers clinicians, improves patient care and provides robust grounds for defence against complaints. In a second article, to be published in the April issue of In Practice , he will use antimicrobial prescription as an example to illustrate the application of clinical audit in veterinary practice.