J Burn Care Res. 2025 Dec 6:iraf225. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf225. Online ahead of print.

Quality improvement (QI) is essential to advancing burn care, yet most locally successful QI initiatives are not disseminated beyond individual centres. Although QI activity is common in burn care, only a small proportion of projects progress to peer-reviewed publication. This restricts shared learning and slows the spread of evidence-based, context-adaptable practices. We highlight persistent barriers to QI publication, including unclear reporting expectations and limited reviewer familiarity with improvement methodology. To address this gap, we propose three practical strategies for burn centres: intentionally developing 1-2 publishable QI projects annually, adopting SQUIRE 2.0 as a reporting scaffold, and expanding QI-trained peer reviewer capacity. We also present a 10-Point QII Scoring Framework to guide project planning and scholarly dissemination.

PubMed:41351477 | DOI:10.1093/jbcr/iraf225