Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

November 28th, 2016
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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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The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

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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A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

September 16th, 2016
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Using HOUDINI to eliminate CAUTI. It’s all about decreasing the inappropriate use of indwelling c...

May 16th, 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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Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) account for 30-40 percent of the organizati...

February 29th, 2016
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The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

September 14th, 2015
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...

June 18th, 2015
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It is both “a sprint and a marathon.” That’s how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor...

July 29th, 2013
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It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

July 29th, 2013
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This webinar highlights the upcoming HPOE action guide, "Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary ...

July 10th, 2013
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After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

March 12th, 2013
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The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

March 12th, 2013
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The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...

June 1st, 2012
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In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...

February 1st, 2012
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The ProblemUrinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are...

August 1st, 2009
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