The organizations, currently in the process of conducting said research, are using improvement tools and concepts, including Lean and Six Sigma, to target roadblocks to successful hospital-acquired infection elimination.
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The project, begun December 2013, is expected to have published results some time during 2015, according to a release.
The hospital team members include:
Atlantic Health System (Morristown, N.J.)
Cleveland Clinic
Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.)
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
Memorial Hermann (Houston)
VA Connecticut Health System (West Haven)
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