Abstract Background The Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system aims to provide high-
quality medical care to veterans in the USA, but the quality of VA care has recently drawn the …

Naomi P. O'Grady, 1 Mary Alexander, 2 Lillian A. Burns, 3 E. Patchen Dellinger, 4 Jeffrey
Garland, 5 Stephen O. Heard, 6 Pamela A. Lipsett, 7 Henry Masur, 1 Leonard A. Mermel, 8 …

Background The central venous catheter (CVC) is a device used for many functions,
including monitoring haemodynamic indicators and administering intravenous medications …

Background. Although urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common hospital-acquired
infection in the United States, to our knowledge, no national data exist describing what …

Objective: Prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infection is a basic objective to
optimize patient safety in the ICU. Building on the early success of a patient safety unit …

Background: Although 20% or more of healthcare-associated infections can be prevented,
many hospitals have not implemented practices known to reduce infections. We explored …

Objective. Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is costly and causes substantial morbidity.
We sought to understand why some hospitals were engaged in HAI prevention activities …

Importance Despite the national goal to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection
(CAUTI) by 25% by 2013, limited data exist describing prevention practices for CAUTI in US …

In the United States, 80,000 catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) occur in
intensive care units (ICUs) each year (1), and a total of 250,000 cases of CRBSIs have been …

Patient safety is a healthcare priority worldwide, with most hospitals engaging in activities to
improve care quality, safety and outcomes. Despite these efforts, we have limited …