HANYS case studies
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As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...
SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...
Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...
The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
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...
Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...
Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...
Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...
Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...
In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...
To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...
In 2005, North Shore University Hospital's president and chief executive officer made a commitmen...
NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...
Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...
This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...
Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...
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...
