[Standard Operating Procedures in Clinical Medicine]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2017 Sep;142(18):1390-1395. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-108436. Epub 2017 Sep 8.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Standard operating procedures (SOP) in hospital care have the potential to improve treatment quality and transparency. However, after arriving at the decision to generate a SOP for the own hospital or ward, the upcoming question is often, how to start?The present article tries to give some interdisciplinary guidance about reasonable structures and contents of SOPs that could be understood as a basic matrix for individual work.

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Medicine* / methods
  • Clinical Medicine* / standards
  • Hospital Departments
  • Humans
  • Patient Care Team
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic