Friday, March 28, 2014

Hospitals Cut Central-Line Infections 40% With Safety Plan

September 10, 2012 — More than 1000 hospitals in 44 states lowered their rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) by 40% over 4 years through a program that features a checklist of precautions such as hand washing and donning sterile apparel, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today.
AHRQ estimates that the program prevented more than 2000 CLABSIs, saved more than 500 lives, and avoided more than $34 million in healthcare costs.
The AHRQ-funded program, called Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), was developed by Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.
Participating hospitals in a national rollout of CUSP reduced the CLABSI rate in their adult intensive care units on average from 1.903 infections per 1000 central-line days to 1.137 infections, according to AHRQ preliminary findings. At some hospitals already excelling at infection control, the CLABSI rate fell to zero. AHRQ funded the use of CUSP nationally through the research arm of the American Hospital Association.

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