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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Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...

March 12th, 2013
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Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

March 6th, 2013
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

January 28th, 2013
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Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

November 12th, 2012
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The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

November 9th, 2012
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Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

November 1st, 2012
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On the CUSP: Stop BSI and Stop CAUTI aim to eliminate central line associated bloodstream infecti...

September 12th, 2012
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This multi-year NACHRI effort is focused on reducing CLABSI in the pediatric hematology/oncology ...

August 1st, 2012
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The Quality Transformation Network is a large and growing group of children's hospitals combining...

August 1st, 2012
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Small but mighty describes Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hosp...

July 9th, 2012
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This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

June 1st, 2012
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Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

June 1st, 2012
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After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

June 1st, 2012
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Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

June 1st, 2012
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The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...

June 1st, 2012
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This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

June 1st, 2012
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A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...

June 1st, 2012
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In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...

February 1st, 2012
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