Revista de calidad asistencial : organo de la Sociedad Española de Calidad Asistencial
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To estimate quality healthcare indicators in an intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Our results are similar to those of other studies using the same methodology. An HAI surveillance system is a key factor for implementing a healthcare quality improvement system. The obtained indicators allow intra-comparison over time and with other similar hospitals, the monitoring of infection control measures, and thus an effective improvement in healthcare quality and patient safety.
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[Effectiveness of an intervention to improve the compliance of hand hygiene in a tertiary hospital].
The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention to improve the compliance with hand hygiene (HH) and the detection of factors associated with non-compliance. ⋯ The intervention has independently and significantly improved hand hygiene in the hospital. Multimodal strategies need to be designed in healthcare settings in order to increase HH compliance among health workers.
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To identify the main areas of improvements in the care process of undelayable consultations in Primary Care Health Centre of Miralbueno (Zaragoza). ⋯ The user survey detected a high level of overall satisfaction. But valued aspects were: the difficulty in telephone access, the lack of paediatric visits availability and the waiting times. The Health Centre professionals offered suggestions to improve the areas rated worst by users.
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To determine the patient and medical care characteristics of Health Care-Associated Infections (HCAI) and to determine whether or not there are any differences between those that may be avoidable. ⋯ Patients with an HCAI showed significant different characteristics from those who did not have an HCAI. The preventability is an independent valued judgment from the causality, and is associated to whether the proper protocol has been implemented or not. To identify these weaknesses enables us to establish strategies to improve the quality of medical care.
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To find out the perception of the health care professionals on the level of implementation and the usefulness of the surgical safety checklist (LVQ) after its introduction in a tertiary care hospital. ⋯ The health care professionals use the LVQ very frequently, and consider that it has a moderate usefulness. Those professionals with experience of the LVQ preventing errors considered it to be more useful than those who did not experience an error being prevented.