Seeking solutions: Scaling-up audit as a quality improvement tool for infection control in Gujarat, India

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 464-470

  Anchalia, Manju M ^a   D'Ambruoso, Lucia ^b,c  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audit; India; Infection control; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79960484382     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr007     Document Type: Article

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