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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Center’s interdisciplinary team developed a disinfection procedure ...
The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...
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 ...
Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...
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...
This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...
The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...
The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...
In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...
In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...
In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...
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...
In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...
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...
The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...
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...
