TY - JOUR
T1 - Infectiepreventie in Nederlandse ziekenhuizen
T2 - Resultaten zeggen mer dan procesindicatoren
AU - Bonten, Marc J.M.
AU - Friedrich, Alexander
AU - Kluytmans, Jan A.J.W.
AU - Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Christina M.J.E.
AU - Voss, Andreas
AU - Vos, Margreet C.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The Dutch Health Care Inspectorate investigated the preparedness of Dutch hospitals for the emergence of antibiotic resistance, and concluded that hospitals are not well prepared and are insufficiently aware that infection prevention is a prerequisite for patient safety. These conclusions are based on observations of process indicators of current practice guidelines, without including the available outcome indicators that demonstrate the persistently low incidence of infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria in Dutch hospitals. The conclusions may have negative effects on the quality of infection prevention in Dutch hospitals. Therefore, it is advisable to use outcome indicators rather than process indicators to evaluate the quality of infection prevention.
AB - The Dutch Health Care Inspectorate investigated the preparedness of Dutch hospitals for the emergence of antibiotic resistance, and concluded that hospitals are not well prepared and are insufficiently aware that infection prevention is a prerequisite for patient safety. These conclusions are based on observations of process indicators of current practice guidelines, without including the available outcome indicators that demonstrate the persistently low incidence of infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria in Dutch hospitals. The conclusions may have negative effects on the quality of infection prevention in Dutch hospitals. Therefore, it is advisable to use outcome indicators rather than process indicators to evaluate the quality of infection prevention.
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M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
C2 - 24594133
AN - SCOPUS:84898713314
SN - 0028-2162
VL - 158
JO - Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
JF - Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
IS - 12
M1 - A7395
ER -