The overall rate of infections reported by Pennsylvania hospitals decreased by approximately 6 percent from 2009-2010, according to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's executive summary of its 2010 Annual Report.
The Report outlines the Authority's initiatives, educational programs and results from data collections. Hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, abortion facilities and birthing centers submitted 225,624 reports of serious events and incidents in 2010. Eighty-five percent of all reports were submitted by hospitals. Ambulatory surgical facilities submitted 13.2 reports per facility in 2010, an increase of 1.4 since 2008.
Data reveal several improvements in patient safety in Pennsylvania hospitals from 2008-2010, including a 26 percent reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections; a 44 percent reduction of central line-associated bloodstream infections; and a 27 percent reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Read the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority executive summary of its 2010 Annual Report (pdf).
Read the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority 2010 Annual Report (pdf).
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The Report outlines the Authority's initiatives, educational programs and results from data collections. Hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, abortion facilities and birthing centers submitted 225,624 reports of serious events and incidents in 2010. Eighty-five percent of all reports were submitted by hospitals. Ambulatory surgical facilities submitted 13.2 reports per facility in 2010, an increase of 1.4 since 2008.
Data reveal several improvements in patient safety in Pennsylvania hospitals from 2008-2010, including a 26 percent reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections; a 44 percent reduction of central line-associated bloodstream infections; and a 27 percent reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Read the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority executive summary of its 2010 Annual Report (pdf).
Read the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority 2010 Annual Report (pdf).
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5 New Technologies That Ensure Proper Hand Hygiene
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