van Velthuijsen, Eveline L.
Zwakhalen, Sandra M. G.
Warnier, Ron M. J.
Ambergen, Ton
Mulder, Wubbo J.
Verhey, Frans R. J.
Kempen, Gertrudis I. J. M.
Article History
Received: 8 December 2017
Accepted: 21 March 2018
First Online: 2 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was assessed and approved by the Medical Ethical Committee of the MUMC+ (#16–4-212). No consent was deemed necessary for the nurses, as the delirium training was considered as additional internal education the MUMC+ offers to its staff. No written consent for the patient data was needed, as in the Netherlands all university teaching hospitals have an opt-out system for the use of anonymous patient data for scientific research (i.e. patients automatically consent to the use of their anonymous data for research upon admission, unless they explicitly object).
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