Journal Features Work of 26 Children’s Hospitals to Reduce Dangerous Bloodstream Infections
Interventions tested by 26 children’s hospitals achieved a 33 percent reduction in bloodstream infection rates to improve safety and reduce hospital stays. Bloodstream infections account for 30 percent of all health care associated infections in pediatrics. The study Prevention of Central Venous Catheter Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: A Performance Improvement Collaborative published recently in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE). ICHE is read by 3600 epidemiologists, infection control practitioners, clinicians and scientists in pediatrics, surgery and microbiology.
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 Change Package
This document outlines recommended interventions to reduce the number of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric inpatients.
Measures Grid
The Measures Grid is broken down into Outcome, Process and Balancing Measures to tell you whether changes are leading to improvement.
Contact: Tina Logsdon | Tel: 913.262.1436 | E-mail:Tina Logsdon
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New CHCA Patient Safety Organization Offers Reporting Protections to Help Children’s Hospitals Reduce Serious Errors
As a Patient Safety Organization (PSO), CHCA can now offer legal protection for children’s hospitals to report serious events. PSOs provide a confidential environment for clinicians and hospitals to openly share harm data that improves care.
These protections will remove many of the barriers that may have previously deterred patient safety and quality initiatives. The CHCA PSO will work with its 43 children’s hospitals to track serious events, evaluate causes of harm and share safety protocols and best practices.
Created as part of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 and administered by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), information provided to a PSO is protected by law, which limits its use in criminal, civil and administrative proceedings. Read PSO Fast Facts to learn more.
The CHCA PSO is in an early stage – more information will be available in the coming months.
Questions? Contact Sherrie Graham, Patient Safety Officer at Sherrie Graham
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2009 RACE for Results Award Winner Texas Children’s Hospital Gives “HY5” to Preventing Infections with Hand Hygiene Campaign
Finalists Eliminate NICU Infections and Reduce Hospitalizations for Complex Patients
Congratulations to Texas Children’s Hospital, whose hand hygiene improvement methods to reduce health care associated infections earned the 2009 RACE for Results Award. The initiative achieved 98 percent compliance in hand hygiene among staff, patients, families and visitors to reduce the spread of infection and improve patient outcomes.
Winner: Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston, Texas)
HY5 for Hand Hygiene: Commitment, Creativity, Transparency and Family Involvement Provide the Keys to Sustained Success
2nd Place: All Children’s Hospital (St. Petersburg, Florida)
Eliminating NICU Hospital-Associated Infections: Improving the Quality of Care by Reducing Contamination When Drawing Blood Cultures
3rd Place: Arkansas Children’s Hospital (Little Rock, Arkansas)
A Hospital-Based Medical Home Can Reduce Hospitalizations of Medically Complex Children
Owner Hospitals submitted 24 entries demonstrating improvement in important areas such as preventing MRSA infections, reducing Emergency Department wait times and recognizing deteriorating patients. Questions? Contact hema.bisarya@chca.com .
About the RACE for Results Award Program
The annual RACE for Results award presented by CHCA recognizes exceptional improvement efforts that advance patient care in children's hospitals. Winners are selected for the prestigious award by hospital peers and a panel of independent national health care experts.
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Pediatrics Article Features First Pediatric-Specific Collaborative Shown to Reduce Medication-Related Harm in Children’s Hospitals
Pediatric Patients Have Greater than 1 in 10 Chance of Suffering an Adverse Drug Event
Narcotic-related adverse drug events (ADE) are the most common ADE in hospitalized children. New interventions tested by 14 children’s hospitals achieved a 67 percent reduction in narcotic-related ADE rates to improve safety and cost savings. The study An Intervention to Decrease Narcotic-Related Adverse Drug Events in Children’s Hospitals will publish in Pediatrics on October 1, 2008.
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Change Package
This document outlines the recommended interventions to reduce the number of preventable narcotic-related ADEs in pediatric inpatients.
Measures Grid
The Measures Grid is broken down into Outcome, Process and Balancing Measures to tell you whether changes are leading to improvement.
Contact:
Tina Logsdon
913.262.1436
tina.logsdon@chca.com
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