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  1. Vinjamuri S, Pant V, Bomanji JB, Marengo M, Zanial A, Dondi M, et al.
    Nucl Med Commun, 2024 Apr 01;45(4):263-267.
    PMID: 38247573 DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000001815
    Quality Management Audits in Nuclear Medicine (QUANUM) is an initiative conceived by the International Atomic Energy Agency to enhance global standards in Nuclear Medicine practices. Acknowledging the intricate regulatory frameworks and the necessity for multidisciplinary collaboration, QUANUM has gained global acceptance, demonstrating widespread implementation and positive impacts on patient care. This manuscript critically evaluates the QUANUM program through the lens of quality improvement (QI), by employing established and validated QI tools. Our analysis identifies areas of conformance, underscores key strengths inherent to QUANUM, and pinpoints further learning opportunities for continuous enhancement. Additionally, we assert that the insights derived from scrutinizing this global project within Nuclear Medicine, have valuable implications for departments aspiring for establishing good quality management systems, thereby contributing to the improvement of patient care.
    Matched MeSH terms: Management Audit
  2. Lee YF, Merican H, Nallusamy R, Ong LM, Mohamed Nazir P, Hamzah HB, et al.
    Am J Infect Control, 2016 06 01;44(6):e95-7.
    PMID: 26897697 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.12.031
    Hand hygiene auditing is mandatory for all Malaysian public hospitals; nonetheless, the burden of auditing is impacting the support and sustainability of the program. We report an alternative method to routinely measure hand hygiene compliance with the aim to test whether alcohol-based handrub purchase data could be used as a proxy for usage because human auditing has decreased validity and reliability inherent in the methodology.
    Matched MeSH terms: Management Audit
  3. Lim EJ, Lopez CG, Veera SN, Menaka N, Aminah A
    Malays J Pathol, 1996 Dec;18(2):107-12.
    PMID: 10879231
    Provision of quality care, service and blood products to patients while containing costs and the amount of blood used should be the aim of every blood bank. Therefore a prospective audit was carried out over three months to determine how efficiently blood was being used in elective surgery in the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Every case with blood crossmatched was monitored to determine the amount transfused and the posttransfusion haemoglobin level. Overcrossmatching of varying degrees was noted in almost all surgical procedures and overtransfusion in 45.5% of patients transfused. The rate of case postponement was 18.1%. These indicate inefficient utilization of blood and other resources. The transfusion index (TI) and range of units transfused were calculated for each procedure. They can be used as indicators of blood requirement and potential severity of hemorrhage. Suggestions to improve efficiency of blood utilization include the introduction and ongoing monitoring of guidelines on crossmatching and transfusion based on the data obtained here, by the hospital blood transfusion committee; the "group, screen and hold" practice for surgical procedures with high crossmatch transfusion ratios, low transfusion indices and a small range of units transfused could also be adopted.
    Matched MeSH terms: Management Audit/statistics & numerical data*
  4. Yon RB, Hamidy MA, Lin CY
    Asia Pac J Public Health, 2001;13(1):54-8.
    PMID: 12109263
    Since the First Malaysia Plan (1966-1970) many reviews have been done on the five-year health plans of the Ministry of Health (MOH). These included the Mid-Term Reviews and the review done at the end of the respective five-year plan period. There was no structured evaluation method carried out until the Seventh Malaysia Plan (7MP) period (1996-2000), among others because of the complexity of the MOH health plans. The evaluation of the 7MP was the first one conducted using a better-structured process. The findings and recommendations of the evaluation were used and incorporated in the subsequent 5-year health plan, under the Eighth Malaysia Plan (2001-2005).
    Matched MeSH terms: Management Audit
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