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...

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

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The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

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The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...

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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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Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...

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

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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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With the national focus on decreasing hospital-acquired infections, Massachusetts General Hospita...

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

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

October 5th, 2015
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During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

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

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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...

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

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

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

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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...

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

January 28th, 2013
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In August 2010, the Center for Transforming Healthcare launched its fourth project which aims to ...

November 28th, 2012
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Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

November 1st, 2012
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The Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE...

October 18th, 2012
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Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

October 11th, 2012
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The following information is a guide of infection prevention recommendations for outpatient (ambu...

September 12th, 2012
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This online education program has been developed by infection control experts from Joint Commissi...

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

August 1st, 2012
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The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...

August 1st, 2012
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A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

June 1st, 2012
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Roseland Community Hospital joined the Illinois Foundation for Quality Healthcare, the quality im...

June 1st, 2012
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Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

June 1st, 2012
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Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

June 1st, 2012
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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

February 1st, 2012
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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

February 1st, 2012
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

February 1st, 2012
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

February 1st, 2012
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In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

February 1st, 2012
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2005, North Shore University Hospital's president and chief executive officer made a commitmen...

February 1st, 2012
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NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

February 1st, 2012
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