To investigate the application of continuous quality improvement (CQI) in infection control and management in the maternal and child health hospital.

The CQI method was introduced into the infection control and management in our hospital. The quality improvement teams were set up and the related standard solutions were completed and applied throughout the medical treatment strictly. The infection control and management effect before and after CQI implementation were compared, respectively.

After the implementation of CQI, the qualified rate of nurse hand hygiene increased from 84.0% to 91.7%, qualified rate of medical supplies disinfection increased from 80.4% to 97.9%, and medical garbage disposal qualification rate increased from 82.3% to 99.4%. The awareness rate of nosocomial infection and satisfaction in the patients were improved significantly, from 69.5% to 90.8% and from 71.5% to 98.8%, respectively. The hospital infection rate of the patients was reduced from 5.5% to 2.0%. Compared with the indexes before the implementation of CQI, all the differences were significant (P all < 0.05).

The introduction of CQI method can effectively improve the standard of infection control in hospital operations and the quality of hospital infection management, which was approved by the leaders, medical staff and patients.