The use of continuous quality improvement to achieve proper isolation of patients with suspected tuberculosis

• Published in: American journal of infection control Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 323 - 328
• Main Authors: Cook, Janet D., Lewis, Lisa, Thomassen, Kathryn A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mosby, Inc 01.10.1995
• Subjects: Algorithms; Community Networks; Hospitals, Community; Humans; Infection Control - standards; Infection Control - trends; Patient Isolation - standards; Patient Isolation - trends; Systems Analysis; Texas; Total Quality Management; Tuberculosis - prevention & control; Tuberculosis - transmission; Texas

The infection control staff worked on their first project that used the methods of continuous quality improvement from January through July 1993. The purpose of this initial project was to achieve proper isolation of patients with suspected tuberculosis. Flowcharting revealed that appropriate clinic...