Specification of QI strategy | Total | Ireland | Belgium | France | Spain | Poland | Czech Republic |
Hospital-wide guidelines: | |||||||
Preoperative assessment | 74.8 (306) | 72.7 (22) | 90.5 (21) | 57.4 (47) | 71.4 (98) | 75.7 (70) | 88.2 (34) |
Use of antibiotics | 83.0 (311) | 63.6 (22) | 100 (22) | 88.2 (51) | 82.5 (97) | 92.9 (70) | 51.4 (35) |
Prophylactic use of antibiotics | 89.6 (309) | 66.7 (21) | 100 (22) | 94.1 (51) | 94.8 (97) | 91.4 (70) | 71.4 (35) |
Standard operating procedures for various types of laboratories: | |||||||
Clinical chemistry | 93.5 (310) | 95.5 (22) | 100 (22) | 88.5 (52) | 94.7 (95) | 93.8 (65) | 89.5 (38) |
Pathology | 72.5 (265) | 95.7 (23) | 76.2 (21) | 71.0 (31) | 82.6 (92) | 46.0 (50) | 58.8 (34) |
Microbiology laboratory | 87.6 (298) | 95.2 (21) | 100 (22) | 89.8 (49) | 90.5 (95) | 85.9 (64) | 66.7 (33) |
Pharmacy | 86.9 (314) | 91.3 (23) | 86.4 (22) | 90.2 (61) | 92.7 (96) | 87.7 (65) | 59.4 (32) |
Diagnostic radiology | 89.0 (310) | 86.4 (22) | 100 (21) | 83.9 (56) | 92.6 (95) | 89.7 (68) | 79.4 (34) |
Clinical guidelines for AMI: management of AMI patients | 86.7 (316) | 72.7 (22) | 95.8 (24) | 89.1 (46) | 89.3 (103) | 79.4 (68) | 86.8 (38) |
Clinical guidelines for appendicitis: | |||||||
Management of suspected appendicitis | 54.3 (311) | 36.4 (22) | 47.8 (23) | 52.0 (50) | 49.5 (97) | 67.6 (71) | 51.4 (35) |
Wrong site, wrong surgery | 42.0 (307) | 68.2 (22) | 54.5 (22) | 47.9 (48) | 15.6 (96) | 57.7 (71) | 29.4 (34) |
Clinical guidelines for obstetrics: | |||||||
Breech presentation | 71.5 (281) | 58.8 (17) | 81.8 (22) | 61.7 (47) | 60.8 (79) | 90.0 (70) | 59.4 (32) |
VBAC | 64.5 (293) | 35.3 (17) | 52.0 (25) | 64.6 (48) | 59.0 (83) | 83.3 (72) | 50.0 (34) |
*The results for the UK and the Netherlands are included in the total but not listed separately, due to the very low response rates.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; VBAC, vaginal birth after caesarean section.