International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 19, Number 12 > Pp. 800-804

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Quality improvement: experience of a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Singapore

H H Tan FRCP FAMS , T Soon BA and R K W Chan FRCP FAMS

Department of STI Control, National Skin Centre, Singapore

Correspondence to: Dr Tan Hiok Hee, Department of STI Control, National Skin Centre Singapore, 1 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308205, Singapore Email: hhtan{at}nsc.gov.sg

Over the past two years, the Department of Sexually Transmitted Infection Control Clinic (DSC) in Singapore has embarked on a programme to review and enhance its quality improvement programmes. A thorough review of its day-to-day operations was conducted, infection control processes and standard operating procedures. It capitalized on its use of computerized medical records to improve documentation and patient screening. DSC introduced risk-management protocols and revised patient, staff and workplace safety guidelines. These measures have resulted in benefits such as reduced prescription errors, fewer patient complaints and active clinical practice improvement programmes. In January 2008, DSC, along with its parent hospital the National Skin Centre, became the first ambulatory health-care facility in Singapore, and also among the first few outside the United States to be accredited by the Joint Commission International.

Key Words: quality assurance • ambulatory care • safety • computerized medical records

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