Applying quality indictors in Brazilian hospitaly: tool for improving prophylaxis

Methods AÂ retrospective study was carried out from November 2009 to March 2010. Medical records from adult inpatients submitted to cardiac, neurological and orthopedic clean surgeries were included. The quality indicators for antibiotic prophylaxis conformity were validated in a previous study. They were composed of six parameters of adequacy as stated by the Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC) guideline. The conformity index was considered 100% when the antibiotic prophylaxis showed adequacy in all parameters evaluated. We investigated the association between conformity in each parameter and selected population characteristics. Analyses were conducted with 5% significance.