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  • Title: Developing and implementing quality initiatives in the ICU: strategies and outcomes.
    Author: Harrigan S, Hurst D, Lee C, Christie V, Wolfe RB, Morrical D, Kleinpell R.
    Journal: Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am; 2006 Dec; 18(4):469-79, ix. PubMed ID: 17118301.
    Abstract:
    The Institute of Medicine identifies quality health care as care that is safe, time, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient centered. In the ICU, where patients who have complex, high-acuity are at increased risk of complications, morbidity, and mortality, promoting quality-focused case is especially important. This article describes several performance-improvement initiatives that were developed and implemented a Midwestern community hospital during a 4-year period. The initiatives to reduce catheter-associated blood stream infections, to identify early sepsis, and to promote evidence-based care.
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