The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded nearly $3 million for a contract to help reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) by spreading the knowledge gained from a previous AHRQ-funded project. The new three-year project is part of an AHRQ initiative to reduce healthcare-associated infections.
The comprehensive program, designed to survey and improve an ICU’s patient safety culture, includes tools to help healthcare professionals identify opportunities to reduce potential healthcare-associated infections and implement policies to make care safer. Within three months of implementation in Michigan, the program helped reduce infection rates to zero in more than 50 percent of participating hospitals. Read the press release.
