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Effective Team Working in Hospitals

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Jane was 8 months old when she was brought to the Emergency Department (ED) by her parents. She had been unwell overnight and that morning her mother noticed some spots on her chest and arms. Jane was seen by the triage nurse who immediately called over one of the department doctors to examine her. It looked like Jane had sepsis, an infection of her blood, and needed treatment immediately. The ED consultant was called as were the pediatric registrar and nurse.

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  1. Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK

    Jeff Perring

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Prasad Godbole

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Derek Burke

  3. Directorate for International MBA Programmes, International Academy of Medical Leadership, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Jill Aylott

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Perring, J. (2017). Effective Team Working in Hospitals. In: Godbole, P., Burke, D., Aylott, J. (eds) Why Hospitals Fail. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56224-7_9

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