Healthcare Associated Infections

Success Stories

Infection Prevention Highlights – June 2009

Massachusetts Hospitals Reduce C.difficile through a Learning Collaborative

Success Stories in Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections – June 2009

Infection Prevention: Highlights From Massachusetts Hospitals, June 2009

Infection Prevention Summit: June 23, 2009
Success Stories in Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections:
An opportunity to share and learn

Multi Drug Resistant Organisms

• Caritas Christi Health Care Presentation (not available for public release)
  Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections: The Power of a System Collaborative
  Maria Gray
• Cooley Dickinson Hospital Presentation
  Implementing Active Surveillance Cultures to Reduce MRSA Transmission
  Linda Riley
• Fairview Hospital Presentation
  Protocols for MRSA Mgt in Critical Care Hosp
  Geraldine McQuoid
• Baystate Medical Center Presentation
  MRSA and Staph aureus Eradication
  Maureen Spencer

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

• Cambridge Health Alliance Presentation
  MRSA and VAP Management
  Lou Ann Bruno
• MetroWest Medical Center Presentation
  Infection Control
  Evelyn Mello
• Baystate Medical Center Presentation
  Infection Prevention Improvement Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  Janine Niedziela
• Lawrence General Hospital Presentation
  Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
  Nancy Correa

Central Line Bloodstream Infections

• UMass Memorial Medical Center Presentation
  Reducing Central Line Bloodstream Infections
  Richard Ellison
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Presentation
  Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction Lessons Learned
  Ken Sands
• Baystate Medical Center Presentation
  ICU Infection Prevention Teams and Engagement
  June St. Georges

Teams and Engagement

• Emerson Hospital Presentation (not available for public release)
  How we are Combating the CAUTI and CLABSI Conundrum
  Emerson Hospital
• Milford Regional Medical Center Presentation
  Targeting Zero for Nosocomial Clostridium Difficile Infection Rates
  Kim Knox
• Winchester Hospital Presentation
  MRSA Prevention
  Pam Linzer, Karen Peters, Karen Pimental, David Gullbrand, Chris Baskarakumar, Erin Studley
• Baystate Medical Center Presentation
• Lawrence General Hospital Presentation
  Teams and Engagement: Increasing Employee Vaccinations
• New England Baptist Hospital Presentation (not available for release)
  Power of Audacious Goals: Leadership and Engagement
  Maureen Spencer

Hand Hygiene

• Baystate Franklin Medical Center Presentation
  C. Difficile Surveillance Quality Improvement Initiative
  
• Brigham and Women's Emergency Department Presentation
  Emergency Department Hand Hygiene Quality Initiative
  Heidi Crim, Jay Schuur
• Lowell General Hospital Presentation
  Hand Hygiene Task Force
  Amy Courtney
• Mount Auburn Hospital Presentation
  Infection Prevention
  Lark Dupont
• Quincy Medical Center Presentation
  Hand Hygiene & Contact Precautions Compliance Improvement Story
  Deborah Hylander

Department of Public Health Presentation

• Infection Prevention Assessment Visits
  Jane Thornell - MA DPH

Preventing HAI in Critical Care Settings
June 25, 2008

Announcement and Agenda

• Four Cs to Conquer CLI
  Sturdy Memorial Hospital
• Infection Control Measures in ICU-Day in Life of Bacterium
  Massachusetts General Hospital
• Infection Prevention Critical Care Connection Team
  Mount Auburn Hospital
• Making Procedures Safer-Central Line Insertion
  Massachusetts General Hospital
• Prevention of Deep Sternal Wound Infections
  Charlton Memorial Hospital
• Talking VAP-Staff Identifying Risk Reduction Strategies
  Cooley Dickinson Hospital
• Teams-Getting Together for Change
  Baystate Medical Center
• VAP-3years of Work at an Academic Medical Center
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• What´s so Hard About Preventing VAP in ICU?
  Boston Medical Center

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