Patient Safety & Quality Improvement USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A quality improvement team at a community hospital wants to reduce the rate of postoperative surgical site infections. They review recent data and find that the antibiotic timing protocol (antibiotics administered within 60 minutes before incision) is followed in only 65% of cases. They use a fishbone diagram to identify root causes. Which of the following categories would be included in a fishbone diagram analysis?
Answer choices
- AOdds ratio, relative risk, absolute risk reduction, and number needed to treat
- BIncidence, prevalence, mortality rate, and case fatality rate
- CType I error, type II error, power, and effect size
- DPeople, processes, equipment, environment, materials, and measurementsCorrect answer
- ESensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value
- FCost-effectiveness, return on investment, budget allocation, and financial impact
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