title: Monitoring and evaluation for coronary artery bypass grafts.
abstract: Cardiovascular surgeons on the medical staff at Southeast Missouri Hospital, Girardeau, developed indicators, including indications, complications, and outcomes, for the monitoring and evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafts. When the number of sternal wound infections exceeded the threshold for evaluation, action was taken and the occurrence of such infections subsequently declined.
authors.affiliation: Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Klesch
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000592:standards*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006801:Humans; D008923:Missouri; D010380:Peer Review / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control