ReviewThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne2021
A practical guide to implementing clinical audit.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Tools or culture? Human factors, not technology, drive cesarean section rates for suspected fetal distress.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
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- Improving admission clerking standards and physical health assessments in febrile patients: A prospective clinical audit at a tertiary care hospital.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Conformal selective prediction with cost aware deferral for safe clinical triage under distribution shift.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Improving Radiology Request Form Compliance: A Clinical Audit at Prince Othman Digna Teaching Hospital, Sudan.Cureus · 2025Article
- Assessing Clinical Governance Awareness and Implementation Among Healthcare Professionals in Madinah, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
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- Risk factors in cardiovascular patients: Challenges and opportunities to improve secondary prevention.World journal of cardiology · 2023Article
- Current Antimicrobial Use in Horses Undergoing Exploratory Celiotomy: A Survey of Board-Certified Equine Specialists.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Audit as a Tool for Improving the Quality of Stroke Care: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Health System- and Patient-Related Factors Associated with COVID-19 Mortality among Hospitalized Patients in Limpopo Province of South Africa's Public Hospitals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Use of Clinical Audits to Evaluate Timing of Preoperative Antimicrobials in Equine Surgery at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Clinical audit of dynamic mobilisation exercise prescription and standards of health records in veterinary physiotherapy practice.Veterinary evidenceReview
- A Review of Medical Admissions at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria, Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Clinical audit is a quality improvement tool for evaluating and improving patient care and outcomes. This is achieved by systematically reviewing current practices against explicit criteria and measuring the impact of change(s) introduced to generate improvement. The clinical audit process can be described by "Plan," "Do," "Study," "Act" phases that comprise an audit cycle. The phases are moved through in turn to attempt quality improvement. Clinical audits are widely used in human medicine at both local (individual clinic or hospital) and national (to achieve nationwide improvements in care) levels. Substantial and sustained improvements in patient care have been attributed to the use of clinical audits. Clinical audits have been described in the veterinary literature since the 1990s, but their adoption does not appear widespread. This paper is intended as a practical, "how to" guide to applying clinical audit in veterinary practice.
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