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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.
Event

Redrawing the lines on CLABSI: Shifting the focus to CABSI

This webinar will feature a real-world hospital case study where surveillance was expanded to include peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters alongside central lines. Participants will learn how this broader approach to CABSI monitoring aligns with evolving quality reporting and supports systemwide goals around safety, accountability and operational efficiency.
News

AHA podcast: 20% Drop in Sepsis Mortality — Inside Ochsner Health’s Life-Saving Strategy 

Ochsner Health's Stephen Saenz, sepsis program manager, and Teresa Arrington, director of robust process improvement for quality and patient safety, reveal how a mix of smart technology, clinician-led design and flexible implementation reduced sepsis-related mortality by 20% across its health system.
Issue Landing Page

Infection Control and Prevention

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

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.
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
Public

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.”