The current day hospital quality departments are typically wellresourced and wellpositioned , often reporting directly to the
C-suite .
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This department is typically now well-resourced and positioned , often reporting directly to the C-suite . 11
The departments of quality , patient safety and IP & C all support the overarching goal of optimizing patient outcomes in healthcare . Quality and patient safety use social theories to address improvement in a broad range of areas such as physician competence , medication administration , patient falls and pressure ulcer prevention . Infection prevention is a clinical science-based profession which stands parallel but equal to these non-clinical departments . Organizational charts should reflect ( at a minimum ) equivalence in authority for the three departments to ensure optimally expeditious interventions for reduction of patient morbidity and mortality associated with HAIs .
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