The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

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

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Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

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The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

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In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...

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High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

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Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...

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