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Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...
This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...
For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...
Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...
This webinar highlights the upcoming HPOE action guide, "Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary ...
A nurse-driven protocol was implemented to increase the staff’s awareness on the appropriate indi...
After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...
The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...
The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...
The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...
A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...
Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...
As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...
Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Steering Committee for the Prevention of H...
2011 Guidelines
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
