Publications by authors named "Llaneza-Velasco M"
Article Synopsis
- The study developed computer algorithms to create a synthetic indicator of standard compliance for Quality Units in healthcare centers in Spain.
- The Excel-based tool was tested in a multicenter pilot study involving various Quality Unit coordinators to evaluate its effectiveness and the validity of the standards.
- Results showed an average compliance rate of 55.63%, with significant differences indicated among different health centers and standards categories.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to develop and validate standards for Quality Units in Spanish health centers to enhance continuous quality improvement.
- Participants, including coordinators from various regions, utilized methods like Metaplan and e-Delphi to refine the initial 204 proposed standards down to 96, achieving a high consensus.
- The final standards demonstrated strong validity across various measures, indicating they are reliable tools for guiding the functions and improvements of these Quality Units.
Objective: We describe clinically and epidemiologically an outbreak of gastrointestinal infection by Salmonella enterica ser. (serotype) Enteritidis in an urban infant school, which led to high morbidity and significant social alarm. The immediate communication, as well as the adequate study of the outbreak, in both aspects, allowed identifying the pathogen and establishing control measures in a reasonable period of time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the usefulness of surgical complexity classification index (SCCI) to predict the degree of surgical difficulty in cataract surgery.
Material And Methods: This retrospective study includes data collected between January 2013 and December 2014 from patients who underwent cataract extraction by phacoemulsification at our hospital. A sample size of 159 patients was obtained by simple random sampling (P=.