Dataset

NSIH-QI - Quality indicators for infection prevention and control in acute hospitals

The Royal Decree of 19/06/2007 concerning hospital hygiene surveillance mentions the obligation for acute hospitals to collect quality indicators relating to the hospital hygiene policy in the establishment. The purpose of a quality indicator system is to trigger actions to improve the quality of care: "what we cannot measure, we cannot improve". The development and validation of quality indicators in hospital hygiene was carried out by a working group involving the Institute of Public Health, BAPCOC and representatives of hospital hygiene platforms. Three objectives were defined: 1) Evaluate the impact of hospital hygiene policy at the national level to provide policy makers with a holistic view of hospital hygiene and trends over time for all hospitals; 2) Judging the quality at the level of each hospital ("accountability") by evaluating the use of (financial) means, the commitment and the efforts of each hospital in the field of the fight against healthcare-related infections; and 3) Contribute to local quality improvement by encouraging hospitals to measure and improve their actions and results.

Overview

Alternative Titles / Acronym
  • NSIH-QI
Keywords
amr Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee (BAPCOC) healthcare associated infection hospital infection prevention and control
Languages
ENG
Health Categories
Aggregated data on healthcare needs, resources allocated to healthcare, the provision of and access to healthcare, healthcare expenditure and financing
Population Coverage
All begian acute care hospitals.
Purposes

  • The main goal of the quality indicators for infection prevention and control project is improving the quality of infection prevention and control programmes in Belgian acute hospitals by providing QIs related to the priorities as defined by the advisory and consultative bodies and scientific institutions: the federal hospital hygiene (HH) platform, the Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee (BAPCOC) and the Belgian Infection Control Society.

Provenance
  • Belgian acute care hospitals are obliged to monitor the quality of their infection prevention and control programmes on the basis of the quality indicators
Landing Pages
Documentation

Temporal Information

Dataset Modified
Temporal Coverage
Start
Update Frequency
ANNUAL
Metadata Dates
Issued:
Modified:

Spatial Information

Geographic Coverage
  • BE
NUTS Codes
http://data.europa.eu/nuts/code/BE

Additional Information

Dataset Types
Statistical
Applicable Legislation
Legal Basis

  • 22 JUIN 2017. - Arrêté royal modifiant l'arrêté royal du 25 avril 2002 relatif à la fixation et à la liquidation du budget des moyens financiers des hôpitaux

    Source
HDAB
Contact Points
Conforms To
Structured Identifiers

Distributions & Resources

HDA request form

https://www.hda.belgium.be/en/data_request

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Publication Info
License cc-zero1.0
Standards & Languages
Languages en
Conforms To
Distribution Profile
Direct Links
Access URL https://www.hda.belgium.be/en/data_request
amr
Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee (BAPCOC)
healthcare associated infection
hospital
infection prevention and control