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AHA Webinars

Featured All AHA webinars are free of charge but require advance registration. AHA does not offer continui...

May 11th, 2017
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Reducing Infections Using Lean Six Sigma

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

December 14th, 2015
Central Line Blood Stream Infection Rates to Zero

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

June 1st, 2015
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Reduction of Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection in Adult Critical Care

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

June 1st, 2015
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Eliminating Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) System-Wide: Expanding Quality Improvement Practices Beyond Critical Care Units

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

March 12th, 2015
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Zero Central Line Infections

For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...

October 13th, 2014
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Stopping HAIs: Programs to Improve Culture, Eliminate Infections

On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

September 16th, 2013
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National Estimates of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Critical Care Patients

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

April 18th, 2013
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