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According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...
This AHRQ video vignette illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....
This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...
A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...
This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...
Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...
Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
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...
In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...
South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Steering Committee for the Prevention of H...
While many health care-acquired infections are transmitted by personal contact due to poor hand h...