Question

What is the best way to measure the incident of hospital acquired infections? If the goal is to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired infection? What is a reliable tool that can be used to measure this quality indicator?

Answer 1

Ans)Quality Indicators (QIs) are standardized, evidence-based measures of health care quality that can be used with readily available hospital inpatient administrative data to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes. Highlight potential quality improvement areas. Track changes over time.

Measures of infection control include identifying patients at risk of nosocomial infections, observing hand hygiene, following standard precautions to reduce transmission and strategies to reduce VAP, CR-BSI, CAUTI.

- In health care and public health practice settings, infection control includes various measures that prevent and contain the spread of infectious disease.

These measures include:

Infection control standard, contact, droplet and airborne precautions.

Quality indicator measures can significantly reduce the chance of cross infection.

Also, washing your hands frequently and thoroughly, and practicing good hygiene, greatly reduces the risk of cross infection.