Effect evaluation of PDCA circulation method in the management of patients′ informed consent forms

Objective To evaluate the effect of PDCA circulation method in the management of patients′ informed consent forms. Methods The continuous quality improvement(CQI) team was established,the application of PDCA method of four-step cycle in our hospital patients informed consent forms for continuous quality regulation,the sampling survey in 2008 to 2009,2008 to 2011 medical records of patients′ informed consent forms before qualified rate respectively as a continuous quality improvement of the control group and experimental group,the efficacy of the management was evaluated. Results The overall qualified rate of patients′ informed consent froms in control group was 82.3%,the absent rate of informed consent was 5.9%,the overall qualified rate in experimental group was 97.0%,they were increased significantly than control group(P0.05),the informed consent froms absent were basic to eliminate(0.3%). Conclusion Application of PDCA method of four-step cycle continuous quality management control,can effectively improve the qualification rate of patients′ informed consent forms,improve the quality of medical records,reducing the resulting health hazard.