KMHC303

Healthcare Quality & Bio Medical Management

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2023-24 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MBA Health Care & Hospital Management · Sem 3 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction to Quality Management & TQM

8 hrs

Evolution of quality control, Quality characteristics, Variable and attributes, Quality of conformance, Quality of performance & Total Quality Control. Principles of TQM, Implementation, Methodology & benefits of TQM, Application of Concepts of TQM in Hospital Departments, Six Sigma Quality, Quality improvement Teams, Benefits of quality control.

Unit2

Unit 2: Process Approach to Quality Management in Hospitals

10 hrs

Physical Characteristics, Statistical Characterization, Preparation of process flow diagrams for distinct processes in a hospital quality aspect of processes in: Hospitals Diagnostic services, Nursing services, House Keeping, Blood Bank, Pharmacy, OPD, Surgery, ICU, CCU, Emergency and Trauma care, Canteen & Hospital Stores.

Unit3

Unit 3: Process Capability Analysis

7 hrs

Quality control methods & measurement systems specification limits and control limits, Process capability analysis tools, Control charts, Models, Quality control tools & Control charts up.

Unit4

Unit 4: Biomedical Waste Management

7 hrs

Types of wastes, major and minor sources of biomedical waste, Categories and classification of biomedical waste, Hazard of biomedical waste, Need for disposal of biomedical waste, Waste minimization, Waste segregation and labeling, Waste handling and disposal.

Unit5

Unit 5: Infection Control, Prevention & Patient Safety

8 hrs

Healthcare Immunizations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disinfectants, Sterilants, and Antiseptics, OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, Healthcare Opportunistic Infections, Healthcare- Associated Infections, Medication Safety. Patient Safety, World Alliance for Patient Safety, Model Injection Centers (MIC)

Course Objectives5 points
  • ToprovidetheevolutionofQualityManagement
  • ToprovidetheprinciplesandmultipleaspectsofTQM
  • ToprovidetheprocessapproachtoQMinHospitals.
  • To Understand the Bio Medical Waste management
  • To understand Infection Control, Prevention & Patient Safety measures in Hospitals.
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Will be able to gain insights on concepts of Quality management & TQM
  2. CO2Will be able to get knowledge on Process Approach to Quality Management in hospitals
  3. CO3Will be able to get in-depth knowledge of Process Capability analysis
  4. CO4Get introduced to Bio Medical Waste management
  5. CO5Get introduced to Infection control and Prevention

Suggested Readings

  1. Management Principles for Health Professionals. 2nd edition (1992) – Joan RantorLiebley, Ruth Eller Louvine, Jeffrey Rothman, Aspex publication, Gaithersburg.Marylnd.
  2. . Management in Health Care – A Theoretical and Experiential approach (1997) –Elaine Lynnela Monica and Philip lan Morgan. Macmillan publishers.
  3. Healthcare hazard control and safety management (2014), Tweedy, James T., -CRC Press
  4. Biomedical Waste Disposal (2012)-Anantpreet Singh, SukhjitKaur, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 11, 12 of the original AKTU PDF.

Official AKTU syllabus PDF ↗