title: Decreasing cesarean section surgical site infection: an ongoing comprehensive quality improvement program.
abstract: This report illustrates how the "plan-do-study-act" method of continuous quality improvement can be effective in reducing surgical site infection after cesarean delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: fwitter@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Frank R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Witter
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Janis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferrell
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: PDSA method