International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Int. J. Infect. Dis. · Mar 2012
Multicenter StudyImpact of a national hospital evaluation program using clinical performance indicators on the use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in Korea.
Clinical performance measurement in surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) was implemented as part of a national hospital evaluation program (NHEP) in Korea in 2007. This study investigated changes in SAP quality before and after the implementation of clinical performance measurement. ⋯ Hospital evaluation using clinical performance indicators can considerably improve the use of SAP. Further studies are warranted to investigate whether this hospital evaluation will decrease the development of SSIs.