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Bacteremia Associated with Hemodialysis Catheters in the Outpatient Chronic Hemodialysis Unit
Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated with hemodialysis and was reported at a rate of 3.5 per 1,000 dialysis catheter days.
Elimination of Hospital-acquired Urinary Tract Infections
A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Baseline data was collected and a process improvement team was created.
Prevention of Foley CAUTIs
The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
On the CUSP: Stop BSI, an IHA Collaborative to Reduce CLABSI
The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI collaborative offered by IHA.
Reaching Zero CLASBIs by Improving Compliance to Aseptic Technique
Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the implementation of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's central line bundle.
Elimination of CLABSI Through Best Practices in an Urban Acute Care Hospital
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of 2008, a performance improvement project was initiated with the goal of eliminating all CLABSIs whil
CLASBI Rates to Zero
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for central line blood stream infection prevention, the hospital reduced its critical care central line bloo
Decreasing Health Care-Acquired Conditions: A Community Hospital's Use of Process Improvement to Decrease CLASBIs
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and control practitioners conducted root cause analysis to determine a variety of contributing factors.
Reducing Long Term Acute Care Hospital CLASBI Rate in a Cost-effective Manner
Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater than the NHSN benchmark of less than 2.4 per 1,000.
Kishwaukee Community Hospital
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve care by eliminating intensive care unit catheter-related blood stream infections.