IHI QI:104 100% SOLUTION 2023//2024

During a clinical rotation on the medical-surgical floor of a hospital, you notice several patients have developed urinary tract infections (UTIs) associated with their Foley catheters (tubes inserted into the bladder to drain urine). Your staff physician agrees that this is a problem and offers to help with an improvement project. Together, you work through several PDSA cycles to reduce the rate of UTIs on your floor. 1) Which of the following methods would you recommend to display your improvement data? a) Draw a bar chart. b) Write a list of numbers. c) Create a two-column table. d) Draw a run chart. - ANSWER d) Draw a run chart. 2) When designing the run chart, it is important to include: a) Units of time on the Y axis b) The rate of UTIs on the X axis c) Units of time on the X axis d) A and B - ANSWER c) Units of time on the X axis 3) What is the minimum number of data points you should usually have to look for signs of improvement on a run chart? a) 6 b) 10 c) 15 d) 25 - ANSWER b) 10 4) Which of the following is a problem with static data? a) It doesn't adequately portray variation. b) It is often inaccurate. c) It can't display mean, median, or mode. d) All of the above - ANSWER a) It doesn't adequately portray variation.