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ArticleAmerican journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality

Fault Tree Analysis.

Lisa M McElroy, Rebeca Khorzad, Theresa A Rowe, Zachary A Abecassis, Daniel W Apley, Cynthia Barnard, Jane L Holl

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Article in American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. A framework to support risk assessment in hospitals.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lisa M McElroy1 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Rebeca Khorzad1 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Theresa A Rowe1 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Zachary A Abecassis1 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Daniel W Apley1 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Cynthia Barnard1 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Jane L Holl1 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

Funding

Transplant Surgery Scientist Training ProgramT32DK077662 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Richard M Green, Daniela P Ladner · 2007 to 2026
$3.8M
AHRQ HHS T32 HS000078NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK077662
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to use fault tree analysis to evaluate the adequacy of quality reporting programs in identifying root causes of postoperative bloodstream infection (BSI). A systematic review of the literature was used to construct a fault tree to evaluate 3 postoperative BSI reporting programs: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and The Joint Commission (JC). The literature review revealed 699 eligible publications, 90 of which were used to create the fault tree containing 105 faults. A total of 14 identified faults are currently mandated for reporting to NSQIP, 5 to CMS, and 3 to JC; 2 or more programs require 4 identified faults. The fault tree identifies numerous contributing faults to postoperative BSI and reveals substantial variation in the requirements and ability of national quality data reporting programs to capture these potential faults. Efforts to prevent postoperative BSI require more comprehensive data collection to identify the root causes and develop high-reliability improvement strategies.

Indexed as

BacteremiaCross InfectionHumansPostoperative ComplicationsQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareReproducibility of ResultsUnited Statesbloodstream infectiondata collectionquality improvementquality metricsroot cause analysis

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PMID26646282
PMCPMC13084306

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