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Improving Quality, Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections
Lessons Learned from a Special Study in Oklahoma Hospitals | |
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Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is the most common Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI). Clostridium difficile (CDI) is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitalized patients. Read about this special study on implementation of evidence-based interventions to reduce infection rates in hospitals. Click here.
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OFMQ Launches HAI Toolkit | |
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OFMQ's new web-based toolkit gives practitioners an opportunity to implement an evidence-based clinical quality improvement project to reduce healthcare associate infections. The toolkit includes:
- Guidelines
- Education for staff, patients and caregivers
- Tools, interventions and resources you may use to implement process changes
- Samples that may be customized for your facility
Click here to get started.
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**OFMQ does not endorse or guarantee accuracy of content on external websites that may be linked from this newsletter.**
This material was prepared by Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Oklahoma, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. HAI-1175-OK-0211 | |
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