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Factors associated with system-level activities for patient safety and infection control

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  • Fukuda, Haruhisa
  • Imanaka, Yuichi
  • Hirose, Masahiro
  • Hayashida, Kenshi

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Objective We examined the relationship between hospital structural characteristics and system-level activities for patient safety and infection control, for use in designing an incentive structure to promote patient safety.Methods This study utilized a questionnaire to collect institutional data about hospital infrastructure and volume of patient safety activities from all 1039 teaching hospitals in Japan. The patient safety activities were focused on meetings and conferences, internal audits, staff education and training, incident reporting and infection surveillance. Generalized linear modeling was used.Results Of the 1039 hospitals surveyed, 418 (40.2%) hospitals participated. The amount of activities significantly increased by over 30% in hospitals with dedicated patient safety and infection control full-time staff (PÂ

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  • Fukuda, Haruhisa & Imanaka, Yuichi & Hirose, Masahiro & Hayashida, Kenshi, 2009. "Factors associated with system-level activities for patient safety and infection control," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(1), pages 26-36, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:89:y:2009:i:1:p:26-36
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    1. Hirose, Masahiro & Imanaka, Yuichi & Ishizaki, Tatsuro & Evans, Edward, 2003. "How can we improve the quality of health care in Japan?: Learning from JCQHC Hospital Accreditation," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(1), pages 29-49, October.
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