The Michigan program — which includes new oral hygiene regimens and staff checklists to help prevent catheter, ventilator and central-line infections — has been cited by three federal agencies as a way to reduce infections in other states. It is currently used in 118 Michigan hospitals, according to the report.
Part of the program’s funding has been provided by the Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality, part of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, which says it reduced statewide central line infections in 2008 to 1.2 cases per 1,000 days of patient use, compared with 2.4 cases nationwide, according to the report.
Read the Detroit Free Press report on Michigan infection control.
