IHA case studies
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The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...
The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...
Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...
Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...