Clinical audit, a valuable tool to improve quality of care: General methodology and applications in nephrology

Table 1 Factors to consider in the decision on a topic for a clinical audit

For the choice of an appropriate theme for a clinical audit, assess that:

The problem to be audited has an important impact in terms of costs, resources, or risk

There is some strong scientific evidence available (guidelines, systematic reviews)

The improvements made on the subject in question can be easily evaluated and source of important clinical/organisational consequence.