Projects
Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
2006-2009
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PI: Lillian Kao
Surgical site infections (SSIs) increase morbidity and costs, yet compliance with preventive guidelines as outlined by the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is suboptimal. The objectives of this study are three-fold:
- To assess compliance and factors contributing to compliance with the SCIP infection prevention guidelines at 2 teaching hospitals with a shared administration
- To develop and implement a package of targeted interventions to increase compliance with these guidelines in laparotomy patients
- To rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention package using a staggered cohort design
Projects
- Improving the Safety and Quality of Pediatric Health Care
- Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Members of Internet Health Communities
- Optimizing Nutrition in Very Low Birth Weight Patients with Prolonged Transition to Full Enteral Feedings
- Clinical Decision Support in Community Hospitals: Barriers and Facilitators
- University of Texas System Patient Safety Activities
- Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients with Known or Suspected Cancer
- AHRQ Training Program in Patient Safety and Quality: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Quality and Safety
- Using Electronic Records to Detect and Learn from Ambulatory Diagnostic Errors
- Improving Teamwork for Neonatal Resuscitation: A Randomized Trial of Simulated Neonatal Resuscitation Training With and Without Team Training
- Crossing an Invisible Quality Chasm: From NICU To Ambulatory Care
- Developing a Composite Indicator to Measure the Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care
- Reducing Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in Cancer: Lessons from Aviation
- Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
- The Pebble Project
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