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As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...
Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...
After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...
This AHRQ video vignette illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
The following information is a guide of infection prevention recommendations for outpatient (ambu...
The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...
The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...
Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...
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...
This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...
Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...
2011 Guidelines
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
