How do current outcomes affect our patients? Example: peritonitis trends going up; implementing monthly infection quiz to decrease.

How do current outcomes affect our patients? Example: peritonitis trends going up; implementing monthly infection quiz to decrease.

• A. Increasing nursing staff to reduce infections.
• B. Expanding lab testing frequency.
• C. Implementing monthly infection quiz to decrease peritonitis.
• D. Replacing antibiotics with alternatives.

Answer: (C)

When outcomes show a preventable complication is rising, the best move is a targeted quality-improvement effort that strengthens prevention behaviors through education and ongoing feedback. A monthly infection quiz serves this by reinforcing essential infection-prevention steps—hand hygiene, exit-site and catheter care, sterile exchange technique, and early recognition of infection—keeping best practices fresh in staff and patient minds and providing measurable progress over time. This approach directly addresses knowledge gaps and practice consistency, which are key drivers of reducing peritonitis in PD. It also creates a built-in mechanism to monitor improvement and identify areas needing coaching. While adding staff or increasing lab tests can help in other ways, they don't tackle the preventive behaviors as directly, and replacing antibiotics with alternatives would not be appropriate care.

When outcomes show a preventable complication is rising, the best move is a targeted quality-improvement effort that strengthens prevention behaviors through education and ongoing feedback. A monthly infection quiz serves this by reinforcing essential infection-prevention steps—hand hygiene, exit-site and catheter care, sterile exchange technique, and early recognition of infection—keeping best practices fresh in staff and patient minds and providing measurable progress over time. This approach directly addresses knowledge gaps and practice consistency, which are key drivers of reducing peritonitis in PD. It also creates a built-in mechanism to monitor improvement and identify areas needing coaching. While adding staff or increasing lab tests can help in other ways, they don't tackle the preventive behaviors as directly, and replacing antibiotics with alternatives would not be appropriate care.