Performance improvement initiative: prevention of surgical site infection (SSI)
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Performance improvement initiative: prevention of surgical site infection (SSI).
Mafraq Hospital performs an average of 10,000 surgeries every year. The impact of having high volume high risk surgical procedures calls for the need to ensure safe surgery and a prevention of surgical site infection (SSI). SSI represents a significant portion of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The impact on morbidity, mortality, and cost of care has resulted in identifying the need to...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2050-1315
DOI: 10.1136/bmjquality.u205401.w3279