jueves, 22 de octubre de 2009

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Intensive Care Units Participating in Hospital Collaborative Implement Multiple Improvement Strategies, Leading to Fewer Deaths and Lower Costs


Intensive Care Units Participating in Hospital Collaborative Implement Multiple Improvement Strategies, Leading to Fewer Deaths and Lower Costs

Summary

The Michigan Health & Hospital Association’s Keystone: ICU project incorporates use of evidence-based interventions to reduce bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia, the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to improve safety culture, and robust measurement and feedback. In an initial study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 103 participating intensive care units implemented the model and reduced bloodstream infections by 66 percent to a median of zero. The program improved the culture of safety among participating intensive care units and saved an estimated 1,800 lives, 140,000 hospital days, and at least $270 million over a 5-year period.

Evidence Rating
Moderate: The evidence consists of pre- and post-implementation comparisons of safety culture survey results and catheter-related bloodstream infections, along with a predictive model that estimated the number of lives, dollars, and hospital days saved over a 5-year period.


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AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Intensive Care Units Participating in Hospital Collaborative Implement Multiple Improvement Strategies, Leading to Fewer Deaths and Lower Costs

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