As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...

March 22nd, 2017
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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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Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...

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

December 14th, 2015

This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

October 5th, 2015
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Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

June 1st, 2015
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Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

June 1st, 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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Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...

October 21st, 2013

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

September 16th, 2013
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Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

July 22nd, 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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Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

March 12th, 2013
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The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

March 6th, 2013
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