ArticleCritical care (London, England)2013
Towards zero rate in healthcare-associated infections: one size shall not fit all...
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Persistent Mortality Risk From Device-related Healthcare-associated Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Despite Multifaceted Interventions Action Calls for a Zero-tolerance Policy.Transplantation direct · 2025Article
- Striving for zero traditional and non-traditional healthcare-associated infections (HAI): a target, vision, or philosophy.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Review
- Multifaceted Control Interventions for Healthcare-associated Infections in a Kidney Transplant Intensive Care Unit: Clinical Outcome Improvement and Bundle Adherence.Transplantation direct · 2024Article
- Antibiotic consumption and ventilator-associated pneumonia rates, some parallelism but some discrepancies.Annals of translational medicine · 2017Review
- Preventable proportion of intubation-associated pneumonia: Role of adherence to a care bundle.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
ICU patients are identified as targets for quality of care and patient safety improvement strategies. Critically ill patients are at high risk for complications due to the complex and invasive nature of critical care. Several reports in the literature describe initiatives aiming to zero the healthcare-associated infection rate. We discuss the results of a study assessing a systematic team approach with very aggressive interventions surrounding the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection bundle, which obtained a successful reduction of the rates. In addition, we discuss why some healthcare-associated infections are not fully preventable and the different reasons for this, the identification of which would be a cornerstone of quality improvement and safety promotion initiatives in critically ill patients.
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