Quality Control Flashcards
What are the steps in quality control (7)?
- Establish control criteria
- ID the info relevant to the criteria
- Determine ways to collect the info
- Collect and analyze the info
- Compare collected info with established criteria
- Make a judgment about quality
- Provide information and, if necessary, take corrective action regarding findings
Quality control step 1
Establish ____
Control criteria
Quality control step 2
Identify what?
The information relevant to the criteria
Quality control step 3
Determine what?
Ways to collect the info
Quality control step 4
What to do with the info collected?
Collect and analyze the info
Quality control step 5
Compare the collected info with what?
Established criteria
Quality control step 6
Make what kind of judgment?
One about quality
Quality control step 7
What is the last step?
Provide info and if necessary take corrective action regarding findings
What are the 4 components of a quality control program to be effective?
- Support from top level administration
- Commitment by the organization in terms of fiscal and human resources
- Quality goals reflect search for excellence rather than minimums
- Process is ongoing (continuous)
Quality control program to be effective
Support from who?
Top level administration
Quality control program to be effective
Commitment from who and how?
The organization
In terms of fiscal and human resources
Quality control program to be effective
What do quality goals reflect?
Search for excellence rather than minimums
Quality control program to be effective
How is the process?
Ongoing (continuous)
Manager actions to stimulate staff RN in QI research
What appears to be especially critical when implementing or sustaining QI efforts?
Engagement of frontline staff
Manager actions to stimulate staff RN in QI research
T/F: It is impractical to expect full staff involvement throughout the quality control process
True
*but still have as many staff as possible to be involved in determining criteria/standards, reviewing standards, collecting data, and reporting