Cutting unplanned returns to the operating room in orthopaedics
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study is a quality improvement program for orthopaedic departments in Chinese hospitals. It aims to reduce the number of patients who need to return to the operating room after surgery by helping hospitals track and improve their processes.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your hospital must be a public (government-run) secondary or tertiary hospital in China.
- Your hospital needs its own orthopaedic ward and a team of orthopaedic surgeons.
- Your hospital must have performed at least 2,000 orthopaedic surgeries each year for the past three years.
- Your hospital must be willing to join the study and sign an agreement.
- The head of the orthopaedic department (or their deputy) must agree in writing to take part.
- Your hospital must have the data systems to track surgeries and share anonymous data, and not be going through major restructuring.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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