8/28/08

Essentials of Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Tool Kit
This article is about publically reporting health care data. It is an attempt to improve the quality of data that is put out for public use. The goal I chose to focus on is in Part B. Part B of this article is about the Personnel for data collection and quality improvement. This article states, “Studies have demonstrated that there is a significant discordance in the quality of data retrieved by those with training in infection prevention and control when compared to those with little or no training.” I agree that if a person is collecting data about a given topic, he or she should have the proper training. This would definitely be a big help in improving the quality of data being collected. This goes back to the old saying “garbage in, garbage out”. If bad data is collected, bad results will be produced. With better quality data there will be chances for better research and that will indirectly improve patient care.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/ar/06_107498_Essentials_Tool_Kit.pdf - Essentials of Public Reporting of Healthcare- Associated Infections: A Tool Kit