03/20/2009, Pennsylvania University Hospital -Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) fell by more than 90 percent during the past three years at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
This drastic and encouraging drop is the result of a multi-pronged approach combining leadership initiatives, electronic infection surveillance, checklists to guide line insertion and maintenance, and implementation of the Toyota Production System to encourage best practices in line care. The findings, which Penn physicians say provide a road map for cutting the deadly, costly toll of hospital-acquired infections nationwide, were presented March 20 at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
ICT - Infection Control Today
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