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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...
South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis...
Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...
In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...
Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement critical ca...
With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...
Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...
In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...
The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...
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 Problem Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is one of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant ba...
The Problem MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at grea...
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 MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....
