One-hundred sixty California hospitals are banding together to reduce healthcare-associated infections and save associated costs through the three-year campaign. So far, the initiative has helped drop ventilator-associated pneumonia by 41 percent, urinary tract infections from catheters by 24 percent and blood poisoning by 11 percent, according to the report.
Hospital participants share best practices and tactics aimed at infection prevention, including brushing patients’ teeth frequently, utilizing respiratory therapists, angle hospital beds at 30 degrees to keep airways clear and more.
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