caa a22 4500 388034661 CHVBK 20180307125001.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199802 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1086/647780 doi S0195941700000357 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1086/647780 Hospital Infection Prevention and Control: A Model for Improving the Quality of Hospital Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [Elektronische Daten] Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is a powerful methodology for improving clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction while reducing inefficiency and costs. However, most hospitals in low- and middle-income countries have little experience with CQI methods. Hospital infection prevention is an ideal model for nascent efforts to improve the quality of hospital care because of its proven efficacy in reducing the occurrence of infections that compromise patient outcomes and increase costs. This article describes the design and implementation of a demonstration project to reduce the incidence of surgical-site infections (SSIs) for hospitals with little experience with quality-improvement methods. The project has a high likelihood of producing measurable reductions in SSI rates and hospital costs related to inefficient use of perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis. Moreover, participating staff will gain experience that can be applied to efforts to improve the quality of other aspects of hospital care. Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998 Huskins W. Charles Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Bostom, Massachusetts Soule Barbara M. Sisters of Providence Health System, Providence St Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington O'Boyle Carol Acute Disease Epidemiology, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota Gulácsi László Hungarian Society for Quality Assurance in Health Care, Debrecen, Hungary O'Rourke Edward J. Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Bostom, Massachusetts Goldmann Donald A. Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Bostom, Massachusetts Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Cambridge University Press 19/2(1998-02), 125-135 0899-823X 19:2<125 1998 19 ICE https://doi.org/10.1086/647780 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1086/647780 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huskins W. Charles Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Bostom, Massachusetts NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Soule Barbara M. Sisters of Providence Health System, Providence St Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Boyle Carol Acute Disease Epidemiology, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gulácsi László Hungarian Society for Quality Assurance in Health Care, Debrecen, Hungary NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Rourke Edward J. Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Bostom, Massachusetts NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Goldmann Donald A. Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Bostom, Massachusetts NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Cambridge University Press 19/2(1998-02), 125-135 0899-823X 19:2<125 1998 19 ICE CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge