Mehta, ParthSrivastava, SushilAggrohiya, DivyanshGarg, Aanchal2020-04-232020-04-232018-09Mehta Parth, Srivastava Sushil, Aggrohiya Divyansh, Garg Aanchal. Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve the Screening Rate of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Outborn Neonatal Intensive Care Graduates. Indian Pediatrics. 2018 Sep; 55(9): 780-7830974-75590019-6061http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/199168Objective: To improve the screening rate of Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in theoutborn neonatal intensive care unit, using the quality improvement method. Methods:40 neonatal nurses, 89 parents from an outborn neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary-carehospital were included in the study between May 2017 and March 2018. Universal samplingmethod was used. Results: In 345 neonates, ROP screening rate increased from 10.7%in the pre-intervention phase to 45.5% and 87.3% in the intervention and post-interventionphase, respectively. Conclusion: Point of care quality improvement (POCQI) methodcan be effectively used to improve ROP screening rate in outborn neonates.CounsellingNeonatal nursesOutcomePDSAJournal ArticleIndiaDepartment of Pediatrics, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.