title: Hospitals collaborate to reduce surgical infections.
abstract: Quality improvement organization (QIO) trains other QlOs and participating QI professionals. Initiative emphasizes rapid testing, then spread of small changes. Teams typically include QI managers, nurses, and physicians.
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States