Safer and more efficient vital signs monitoring protocols to identify the deteriorating patients in the general hospital ward: an observational study by Jim Briggs, Ina Kostakis, Paul Meredith, Chiara Dall’ora, Julie Darbyshire, Stephen Gerry, Peter Griffiths, Jo Hope, Jeremy Jones, Caroline Kovacs, Rob Lawrence, David Prytherch, Peter Watkinson, Oliver Redfern

“…Any change to existing protocols might have knock-on effects on proximity-related care. For example, reducing the frequency of observations would reduce the opportunities for the patient to ask a question or benefit from other interaction with the nurse. …”
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