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Monograph: The Environment of Care and Health Care-Associated Infections: An Engineering Perspective
Monograph
This monograph explores the role of the health care environment in infection control, provides information on common pathogens, and gives details on strategies to reduce health care-associated infections.
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital - Making HAI Prevention ‘Everyone’s Job’
Trusted collaboration among all stakeholders, coupled with a clear consensus for keeping health care teams and patients safe, drive the infection prevention efforts at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital: Multidisciplinary Team Leads Practice Change to Prevent Infections
In 2021, the Infection Prevention and Transplant Infectious Diseases teams at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago observed a significant increase in the number of pulmonary infections caused by Mycobaterium abscessus.
Advocate Condell Hospital: Improving Process to Improve Infection Prevention and Control
To reduce infection rates more effectively, successful hospitals and health systems are focusing on the fundamentals. For Advocate Condell Hospital, the focus is on process improvements.
MUSC Health: Standardizing Processes —Small Steps Are Key to Preventing SSIs
One Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is one too many for the team at MUSC Health in Charleston, South Carolina. MUSC’s mission is “Do no harm and change what’s possible”; MUSC knows that decreasing SSIs is “an absolute change that IS possible.”
Infection Prevention and Control Success Stories
Hospitals across the field look for practical infection prevention solutions. Advocate Condell Hospital focused on process and reduced HAI rates.
South Carolina Hospital Association: Rewarding a Culture of Safety
When it comes to infection control, the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) has really taken to heart the ironclad medical principle: First, do no harm.
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens: Constant Evaluation and Vigilance Reduce CLABSI
The infection prevention and control team at New York-Presbyterian Queens took action after the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) rose significantly across the hospital.
Florida Department of Health: Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Centers
Since 2011, the Florida Department of Health’s Health Care-Associated Infection Prevention Program has used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) HAI data metrics for surveillance and prevention efforts
Henry Ford Health: Accelerating Efforts to Reduce CLABSI Rates Yields Promising Results
Henry Ford’s hematology-oncology unit has reduced the incidence of CLABSIs in its hematology-oncology unit by 75%, documenting only two cases between July 2020 and June 2021.