Case Studies

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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

February 29th, 2016
Reduction of Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection in Adult Critical Care

Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

June 1st, 2015
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Eliminating Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) System-Wide: Expanding Quality Improvement Practices Beyond Critical Care Units

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

March 12th, 2015
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On the CUSP: Stop BSI, an IHA Collaborative to Reduce CLABSI

The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI  collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...

March 12th, 2013
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Seven Years of Zero Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections

Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

November 1st, 2012
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Decreasing Health Care-Acquired Conditions: A Community Hospital's Use of Process Improvement to Decrease CLASBIs

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

June 1st, 2012
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Reducing Long Term Acute Care Hospital CLASBI Rate in a Cost-effective Manner

Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

June 1st, 2012
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Decreasing Incidence of Mislabeled Specimens in the Emergency Department by Integrating Daily Safe Practices for Proper Labeling

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

February 1st, 2012
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