... and developed SSIs from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014 in our institution were sampled. The Institutional Review Board approved the research protocol and informed consent was waived. Information on patients who developed SSIs was obtained through the hospital Infection Control Data registry...

...Stanley Njuangang; Champika Liyanage; Akintola Akintoye Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve overall healthcare maintenance (HM) service performance in NHS infection control (IC). Hence, the authors identify critical success factors (CSFs) and key performance measures in maintenance...

... of antiviral laundry processes for health care quality management and for infection control. With RF=reduction value [log₁₀ (pfu/bioindicator)], A=charge before washing [log₁₀ (pfu/bioindicator)] and B=charge after washing [log₁₀ (pfu/bioindicator)]. Table I...

... highlights the need to create contingency plans for corporate preparedness to avoid incurring losses. Sameer Kumar can be contacted at: skumar@stthomas.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Health and safety Infection control Six Sigma PDCA Quality management Process management...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Infection control Hospital infection management Patient safety Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 2 Keywords: Infection control, Hospital...

... to focus their improvement work at high risk areas. Infection control Patient safety Saving lives Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 21, Issue 2. UKSaving lives Keywords: Infection control, Patient...