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Running head: MANAGING A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE 1
Managing a Quality Improvement Initiative
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MANAGING A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE 2
Module 03 Written Assignment - Managing a Quality Improvement Initiative
As the Quality Improvement Manager, you have learned that there may be an increase in the number of
patients with a nosocomial infection. The hospital would like to stay below 2% for nosocomial infection
rates.
Part 1:
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has provided you with the data tables below:
Year 1
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Nov
Dec
Infections
19
32
10
3
5
19
21
12
3
10
22
Discharges
345
350
333
310
347
362
301
297
303
290
365
Year 2
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Nov
Dec
Infections
12
10
5
9
17
21
2
11
8
7
10
Discharges
361
245
259
232
323
345
321
301
299
300
288
The CMO would like you to use this data to do the following:
A. Compute the monthly nosocomial infection rates and provide 2 bar graphs depicting the
infection rate for each month for the past two years.
o Compute the infection rates and include them in the table below for each year.
Years
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Nov
Dec
Year 1
6%
9%
3%
1%
1%
5%
7%
4%
1%
3%
6%
Year 2
3%
4%
2%
4%
5%
6%
1%
4%
3%
2%
3%

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Running head: MANAGING A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE Managing a Quality Improvement Initiative Name: Institution: Date: 1 2 MANAGING A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE Module 03 Written Assignment - Managing a Quality Improvement Initiative As the Quality Improvement Manager, you have learned that there may be an increase in the number of patients with a nosocomial infection. The hospital would like to stay below 2% for nosocomial infection rates. Part 1: The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has provided you with the data tables below: Year 1 Infections Jan Feb Mar 19 32 10 Apr May June 3 5 19 July 21 Aug 12 Sept 3 Oct Nov 7 10 Dec 22 Discharges 345 310 301 297 303 288 365 Year 2 Infections Discharges Jan Feb Mar 12 10 5 361 245 259 July 2 321 Aug 11 301 Sept 8 299 Oct Nov 3 7 233 300 350 333 347 362 Apr May June 9 17 21 232 323 345 290 Dec 10 288 The CMO would like you to use this data to do the following: A. Compute the monthly nosocomial infection rates and provide 2 bar graphs depicting the infection rate for each month for the past two years. o Compute the infection rates and include them in the table below for each year. Years Year 1 Jan Feb ...
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