A model for a comprehensive infection control program in home healthcare.
A comprehensive infection control program in home healthcare consists of activities related to direct patient care as well as activities that support the provision of such care. All these activities are designed so as to reduce the transmission of infections among a facility's patients and staff members. This article relates how the cause-and-effect diagram becomes an effective tool to systematically delineate the key elements required to accomplish this goal.
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Genesee Region Home Care, Inc., Rochester, NY, USA.
D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009518:New York; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States