Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

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In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

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To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...

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Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...

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This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...

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Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...

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South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

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Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...

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Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement critical ca...

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With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...

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