Taking advantage of public reporting: An infection composite score to assist evaluating hospital performance for infection prevention efforts

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• 作者：Mohamad G. Fakih ; MD ; MPH ; ^{Mohamad.Fakih@ascensionhealth.org} ; Boguslow Skierczynski ; PhD ; Angelo Bufalino ; PhD ; Clariecia Groves ; MS ; Phillip Roberts ; BS ; Michelle Heavens ; MHA ; RN ; Ann Hendrich ; PhD ; RN ; Ziad Haydar ; MD ; MBA
• 关键词：Health care&ndash ; associated infection ; public reporting ; composite score ; performance measure
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：44
• 期：12
• 页码：1578-1581
• 全文大小：810 K
• 卷排序：44

文摘

An infection composite score of the 6 publicly reported health care–associated infections is proposed. The infection composite score adjusts the individual standardized infection ratios into a group performance. The infection composite score may help evaluate general performance of hospitals in preventing infection. Large systems, state health departments and hospital associations, and quality improvement networks may use the infection composite score to help them identify hospitals that require further support to reduce infection.