44 hospitals cut surgical site infections by 27%.
A group of 44 hospitals participating in a pilot collaborative project to reduce surgical site infections by redesigning quality control processes accomplished eye-popping results--a 27% reduction in infections during the year studied.
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012308:Risk Management; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014861:Washington