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Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...
The mission: to eliminate all preventable harm by January 1, 2012. The team leaders: board of dir...
Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...
The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...
The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...
The Problem Hazleton General Hospital is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered,...
Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...
The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem Falls can occur at any time during the hospitalization, resulting in complications s...
The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...
The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
The Problem Hand hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection in ...
The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...
The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...
