Costs of Overly Broad Recalls.

Overly broad recalls following an FDA advisory occur when the source of an outbreak is originally misidentified or cannot be promptly identified. In this situation, an entire product category might be recalled (e.g.

An Initiative to Prevent Surgical Site Infections After Cesarean Birth With a Quality Improvement Care Bundle.

Objective: To reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) after cesarean birth through a bundled care approach.

Design: Quality improvement project.

Setting/local Problem: In a community hospital obstetric unit, an increase in SSIs after cesarean birth was observed.