Special Issue: Better Healthcare Through Quality Improvement
President’s Page
The Zero Error Challenge – Santosh T Soans 733
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Editorials
Delivering Quality Healthcare in India: Beginning of Improvement Journey – Ashok Deorari and Nigel Livesley 735
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Research Papers
Impact of Quality Improvement Program on Expressed Breastmilk Usage in Very Low Birth Weight Infants – Anup Thakur, Neelam Kler, Pankaj Garg, Anita Singh and Priya Gandhi 739
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Improving Duration of Kangaroo Mother Care in a Tertiary-care Neonatal Unit : A Quality Improvement Initiative – Meena Joshi, Tanushree Sahoo, Anu Thukral, Poonam Joshi, Amanpreet Sethi and Ramesh Agarwal 744
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Reducing Healthcare-associated Infections in Neonates by Standardizing and Improving Compliance to Aseptic Non-touch Techniques: A Quality Improvement Approach – Supreet Khurana, Shiv Sajan Saini, Venkataseshan Sundaram, Sourabh Dutta and Praveen Kumar 748
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Decreasing Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections through Quality Improvement Initiative –Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla, Suman PN Rao , Celine Arul, A Shashidhar, YN Prashantha, Savitha Nagaraj and Gautham Suresh 753
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Improving the Breastfeeding Practices in Healthy Neonates During Hospital Stay Using Quality Improvement Methodology – Seema Sharma, Chanderdeep Sharma and Dinesh Kumar 757
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Improving First-hour Breastfeeding Initiation Rate After Cesarean Deliveries: A Quality Improvement Study – Sankalp Dudeja, Pooja Sikka, Kajal Jain, Vanita Suri and Praveen Kumar 761
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Achieving Early Mother-baby Skin-to-skin Contact in Caesarean Section: A Quality Improvement Initiative – Arti Maria, Amlin Shukla, Rashmi Wadhwa, Bhupinder Kaur, Bani Sarkar and Mohandeep Kaur 765
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A Quality Improvement Initiative for Early Initiation of Emergency Management for Sick Neonates – Asim Mallick, Mukut Banerjee, Biswajit Mondal, Shrabani Mandal, Bina Acharya and Biswanath Basu 768
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Reducing Preoperative Waiting-time in a Pediatric Eye Operation Theater by Optimizing Process Flow: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project – Parijat Chandra, Ruchir Tewari, Yangchen Dolma, Deepsekhar Das and Devesh Kumawat 773
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Reducing Waiting-time of Preterm Babies at a Retinopathy of Prematurity Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project – Parijat Chandra, Devesh Kumawat, Ruchir Tewari, Rakesh Reddy Panyala and SS Sreeshankar 776
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Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve the Screening Rate of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Outborn Neonatal Intensive Care Graduates – Parth Mehta, Sushil Srivastava, Divyansh Aggrohiya and Aanchal Garg 780
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Optimizing Utilization of Laboratory Investigations in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – Sowmya Devarapalli, Shiv Sajan Saini, Venkataseshan Sundaram and Praveen Kumar 784
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Quality Improvement Approaches Associated with Quality of Childbirth Care Practices in Six Indian States – Enisha Sarin and Nigel Livesley 789
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Target Oxygen Saturation Among Preterm Neonates on Supplemental Oxygen Therapy: A Quality Improvement Study – Sindhu Sivanandan, Tavpritesh Sethi, Rakesh Lodha, Anu Thukral, M Jeeva Sankar, Ramesh Agarwal, Vinod K Paul and Ashok K Deorari 793
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Review Articles
Development of Quality Measures in Perinatal Care – Priority for Developing Countries – Deepak Chawla and Brian A Darlow 797
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Use of Learning Platforms for Quality Improvement – Rajesh Mehta and K Aparna Sharma 803
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Special Article
Gains from Quality Improvement Initiatives – Experience from a Tertiary-care Institute in India – Sindhu Sivanandan, Amanpreet Sethi, Meena Joshi, Anu Thukral, M Jeeva Sankar, Ashok K Deorari and Ramesh Agarwal 809
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Quality Improvement Collaborative for Preterm Infants in Healthcare Facilities – Srinivas Murki, Sai Kiran, Praveen Kumar, Deepak Chawla and Anu Thukral 818
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Formation of Quality of Care Network in India: Challenges and Way Forward – Vikram Datta, Sushil Srivastava and Mahtab Singh 824
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