Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

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

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

Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...

Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...

A multidisciplinary team was formed to increase the rate of risk assessment and appropriate thera...

Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...

Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...

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

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

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

Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

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

St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

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

St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...