SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

January 6th, 2017
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Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

September 26th, 2016
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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

September 16th, 2016
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The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

September 16th, 2016
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The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...

September 16th, 2016
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In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...

September 16th, 2016
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Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

March 14th, 2016
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In early 2010, Emerson Hospital board members, medical staff and executive leaders convened to ad...

February 29th, 2016
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At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implem...

February 29th, 2016
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Dedicated to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections, North Shore Medical Center...

February 29th, 2016
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Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

December 14th, 2015

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

June 17th, 2015
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During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

June 17th, 2015
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This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

March 12th, 2015
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For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...

October 13th, 2014
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On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

September 16th, 2013
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This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

July 18th, 2013
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Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

May 6th, 2013
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There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

April 18th, 2013
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

January 28th, 2013
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