Innovations
Policy
State-Mandated Tracking and Public Reporting Reduce Incidence and Costs of Common Hospital-Acquired Infections 1/23/2013
As required by law, hospitals in New York track and report information on select hospital-acquired infections to the State Department of Health, which publicly releases hospital-specific performance data and supports hospitals with quality improvement initiatives; the program has reduced infection rates and generated substantial cost savings.
Comprehensive Hospital Program Significantly Reduces Clostridium difficile Infections 8/1/2012
Faced with an increase in the number of patients with Clostridium difficile infections, Florida Hospital Tampa implemented a comprehensive program to reduce environmental transmission of the bacterium, leading to a significant reduction in infections.
QualityTools
Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship 11/21/2012
The aim of this toolkit is to assist hospital staff and leadership in developing an effective antimicrobial stewardship program with the potential to reduce Clostridium difficile infection.
A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Health Care–Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals 3/14/2012
The Compendium is a set of strategies designed for acute care hospitals to prevent six of the most common health care–associated infections.
Health Care–Associated Infections: Prevention Toolkits 10/12/2011
These toolkits were designed to reduce health care–associated infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions within a health care setting.
Infection Control: Learning Through Action to Reduce Infection 2/16/2011
This is a quick, simple action tool to use when a patient has a confirmed infection such as a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium, Clostridium difficile (C. diff), or other life-threatening infections.
