Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

This multi-year NACHRI effort is focused on reducing CLABSI in the pediatric hematology/oncology ...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...

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

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

Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...

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

Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

John Combes, M.D., president of the Center for Healthcare Governance, talks to H&HN Senior Online...

Texas Health Resources, a 14-hospital system based in Arlington, wanted to not only reduce ventil...