IHA case studies

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    May 11th, 2017
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    Using Culture of Safety Survey as a Roadmap to High Reliability

    As identified in its 2014 Culture of Safety survey, the hospital’s overall mean score for the sta...

    September 16th, 2016
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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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    A Process Improvement Project Decreases Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Room

    The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

    June 8th, 2015
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    Enhancing Hospital Safety Culture Through Use of Defect Huddle Incident Management System

    Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

    May 29th, 2015
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    Lean Six Sigma Methods Reduce Blood Culture Contamination in an Inpatient Severe Sepsis Protocol

    A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

    June 1st, 2012
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