IJPAM: Volume 57, No. 4 (2009)
MONITORING OF DANGEROUS HOSPITAL
ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
Department of Mathematics
Sri Sai Ram Engineering College
West Tambaram, Chennai, 600044, INDIA
e-mail: s_mahesh4@yahoo.co.in
Abstract.The monitoring and detection of Hospital acquired infections (HAI) is
a very important problem arising in hospitals. A hospital acquired or
nosocomial infections is a disease that develops after admission into
the hospital and it is the consequence of a treatment, not necessarily
a surgical one, performed by the medical staff. This paper provides an
overview of SPC and few practical examples of HAI monitoring control
charts. The application of Shewhart, cumulative sum (CUSUM) and
exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) statistical process
control charts are also discussed. This work can help both
researchers and practitioners of quality improvement to determine
weather the changes in process are making a real difference in
outcome.
Received: November 25, 2009
AMS Subject Classification: 92C60
Key Words and Phrases: infection control surveillance, control charts, statistical process control
Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN: 1311-8080
Year: 2009
Volume: 57
Issue: 4