Surface-active disinfectants consisting of cationic detergents, used principally in the cleansing of food and dairy equipment. Action is bactericidal to...

A law which requires records to be maintained in written, rather than electronic, form.  

A method of representing the results of quality improvement efforts. Joseph M. Juran in the industrial setting has represented quality...

A method designed to measure the quality of life of an individual, based upon one or more aspects of life...

The degree of conformity with accepted principles and practices (standards), the degree of fitness for the patient's needs, and the...

Efforts to determine the quality of care, to develop and maintain programs to keep it at an acceptable level (quality...

One activity in the process of continuous quality improvement (CQI). Each project involves a process which has been identified as...

The sum of all the activities which create desired change in quality. In the health care setting, quality improvement requires...

The sum of all the activities, wherever performed, through which the hospital achieves the quality of care it provides. This...

A part of the Professional Activity Study (PAS) of the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities (CPHA). The care of...