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    AHA Webinars

    Featured All AHA webinars are free of charge but require advance registration. AHA does not offer continui...

    May 11th, 2017
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    Reducing Infections Using Lean Six Sigma

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

    December 14th, 2015
    Lean Six Sigma Methodologies Reduce Red Blood Cell Transfusions by 32 percent in a Tertiary Medical Center

    Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

    October 6th, 2015
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    Hypoglycemia Resolution Improvement with Lean Six Sigma Techniques and Nursing Team Collaboration

    Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

    September 14th, 2015
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    Lean/Six Sigma Methods Reduce Troponin Turnaround Time for Emergency Department Patients in a 500-Bed Tertiary Hospital Level I Trauma Center

    National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

    June 10th, 2015
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    Reduction in Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the ED Through Use of Skin Cleansing and Antisepsis Prior to Blood Draw

    July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

    June 8th, 2015
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