SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

January 6th, 2017
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Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

November 28th, 2016
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Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

September 26th, 2016
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The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

September 16th, 2016
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According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

September 16th, 2016
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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

September 16th, 2016
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A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

September 16th, 2016
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Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

March 14th, 2016
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Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

December 14th, 2015

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

June 1st, 2015
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A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

May 28th, 2015
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This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

March 12th, 2015
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Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

September 17th, 2013
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This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

July 18th, 2013
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There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

April 18th, 2013
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After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

March 12th, 2013
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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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In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...

March 12th, 2013
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Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

March 12th, 2013
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Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

March 12th, 2013
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