Hospitals collaborate to reduce surgical infections.
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.
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