Sustainability of a Surgical Quality Improvement Program at Hospitals in Ethiopia

Nichole Starr; Maia R Nofal; Natnael Gebeyehu; Jared A Forrester; Miliard Derbew; Thomas G Weiser; Tihitena Negussie Mammo

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5569

Sustainability of a Surgical Quality Improvement Program at Hospitals in Ethiopia

JAMA Surg. 2022 Jan 1;157(1):68-70. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5569.

Authors

Nichole Starr^{1

2}, Maia R Nofal³, Natnael Gebeyehu^{2

4}, Jared A Forrester^{2

5}, Miliard Derbew^{2

6}, Thomas G Weiser^{2

5}, Tihitena Negussie Mammo^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
² Lifebox Foundation, New York, New York.
³ Department of Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ St Peters Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Abstract

This quality improvement study evaluates the sustainability of Clean Cut, a surgical infection prevention program implemented at hospitals in Ethiopia.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Ethiopia
Female
Hospitals / standards
Humans
Infection Control / standards*
Male
Quality Improvement*
Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control*