Hospitals keep ICU central line infection rate at zero for two years

ICUs in Michigan participating in the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, an initiative to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections, have sustained a rate of zero for up to two years, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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CDC updates guidelines for preventing CSBLIs

The Centers for Disease Control has issued updated guidelines for preventing bloodstream infections in patients with intravascular catheters.

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Michigan hospitals reduce VAP by over 70 percent

Hospitals in Michigan reduced the rate of pneumonia in patients who are on ventilators by over 70 percent by using a targeted quality improvement initiative called Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), according to a press release from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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