title: Clinical quality indicators: infection prophylaxis for total knee arthroplasty.
abstract: Clinical quality indicators have a strong influence on reducing the overall financial impact, improving the outcomes, and minimizing the adverse events among patients undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty. In today's era of healthcare reform and increasing healthcare costs, it is important for orthopaedic nurses to be aware of the vital role clinical quality indicators play in the perioperative and postoperative settings.
authors.affiliation: Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Atkinson
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodier
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Carlotta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taylor-White
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States