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A Challenge Presents an Opportunity
The Women and Infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hospital suspended its obstetrical services, leaving Barnes-Jewish as the ... read more
A Divide-And-Conquer Approach to VAP Prevention
Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections and 27 percent of all infections acquired in the medical intensive... read more
Accountability at Every Level
According to the Centers for Disease Control, hand hygiene is the simplest, most effective measure for preventing nosocomial infections, but hospitals a... read more
Adherence Reduces C.diff
In May 2008, Lancaster General had a C. diff rate that was significantly lower than the region or state. Yet that wasn't good enough for the leadershi... read more
Attacking MRSA Through Positive Deviance
MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at great risk immuno-compromised patients. It is blamed for more than 18,000 d... read more
Automated Patient Tracking in the ED
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff actively tracked patients with manual entry of a patient'... read more
Best Practices for Central-Line Use
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each year, a large proportion of w... read more
Better Flow Via Six Sigma
The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percent of ED patients left before being seen, 40 percent of these had w... read more
CAUTI Reduced By Getting Docs Onboard
Urinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are caused by instrumentation with a urinary catheter. Catheter-as... read more
Call to Stop a Fall
Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications such as soft tissue changes, fracture and decline in function, as w... read more