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U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems Enhance Patient Safety

Hospitals and health systems across the nation are implementing innovative programs to connect with their communities and enhance patient safety.
Guides/Reports

Improvement in Safety Culture Linked to Better Patient and Staff Outcomes

Report shows hospitals outperform pre-pandemic levels, boosting patient safety, care experience and workforce resilience.
Issue Landing Page

Infection Control and Prevention

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) prevention and reduction are longstanding quality and patient safety priorities.
Case Studies
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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.
Issue Landing Page

Project Firstline | Center

A national training collaborative that aims to provide every person working in a U.S. healthcare facility the foundation for infection control to protect the nation from infectious disease threats, such as COVID-19.
Sponsored Executive Dialogues
Member

Hospital Onset Bacteremia

Sources of hospital onset bacteremia (HOB), its identification, how effectively HOB can be prevented, treated and considerations for quality metrics.
Guides/Reports
Member

Building a Culture of Safety in Health Care

A Letter from AHA Leaders on Infection Prevention and Control
Case Studies
Public

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.
Case Studies
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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.”
Case Studies
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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.