Through a collaboration with the Ohio Hospital Association, the 53 participating hospitals worked with 80 patient care units in Ohio as part of a voluntary national effort to eliminate CLABSI using the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program, which was developed by Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, and others at the Johns Hopkins Quality & Safety Research Group. Their efforts were in partnership with the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.
The 22-month project resulted in the following:
• Ohio — combined with two other states — saved more than $4.5 million, prevented 86 bloodstream infections and saved 17 lives.
• The two-year collaboration also resulted in 688 fewer hospital days.
• Ohio hospitals reduced the mean CLABSI rate within Ohio to 1.24 per 1,000 catheter days in participating hospitals by implementing the CUSP model.
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