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Report Shows National HAI Prevention “Progress in Some Areas While Improvements are Needed in Others”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published the 2016 Healthcare-Associated Infection Progress Report (HAI Progress Report). This is a report that presents progress on the prevention of key healthcare-associated infections with an effort to highlight progress and also uncover
CLABSI’s Who’s accountable?
I was just reviewing the numbers related to CLABSI rates and we still have a lot of work to do! Studies still show that the majority of central lines become infected after day 5 of insertion. Vascular Access Programs and
PICC/Midline Class 10/27, Madison, WI
Come join us for another 8 hour PICC/Midline Class in Madison, WI. The class will prepare you to insert these devices at your facility. Every hospital needs a vascular access program with skilled knowledgeable staff leading the way. The classes
Reducing HAI’s by focusing on caregivers skin
A huge improvement has been found in the rate of CLABSI and SSI as well as some progress on hospital onset MRSA bacteremia and C. difficle infections by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a study from 2011
Implementation of Ethanol Lock Therapy in Peds Patient Reduces Risk of CLABSI
Information copied from: The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access Volume 19, #4. Winter 2014. Stephanie Pitts, MSN, RN, CPN, VA-BC Dale Bergamo, MD Carlos Cartaya, MD St Joseph’s Children’t Hospital, Tampa, FL Beth Gore,
Affordable Care Act Rewards Hospitals for Reducing Readmissions
Acute care facilities have significantly reduced the number of CLABSIs since the CMS non-payment rules went into effect in 2008. The CDC has reported that CLABSIs for hospitalized patients was 41% lower than expected in 2011. With this reduction however the number
Why is it so important that we prevent Infections?
When it come to the Affordable Care Act and reimbursements, we need to understand the programs and what they mean for our facilities: What is Hospital Value-Based Purchasing? The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program is a Centers for Medicare &
Healthcare Associated Infection Data for WI
Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its Healthcare Association Infection (HAI) report showing progress in reduction of HAI’s, however there is still room for vast improvement. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/stateplans/factsheets/wi.pdf The 2012 occurrence of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Investing in CLABSI Prevention Paying Off
Since the 1960’s the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been investing heavily in the understand and prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections. That investment has paid dividends, based on the findings in a study from Health Affairs (http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/6/1040.abstract).
