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COMMENTARY

Creating high reliability in health care organizations.

Pronovost PJ, Berenholtz SM, Goeschel CA, et al. Health Serv Res. 2006;41:1599-1617.

STUDY

A multicenter, phased, cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units.

Marsteller JA, Sexton JB, Hsu YJ, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2933-2939.

STUDY

Adherence to simple and effective measures reduces the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia: [L'observation de mesures simples et efficaces reduit l'incidence de pneumonie associee a la ventilation mecanique].

Baxter AD, Allan J, Bedard J, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2005;52:535-541.

REVIEW

Systematic review: antimicrobial urinary catheters to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in hospitalized patients.

Johnson JR, Kuskowski MA, Wilt TJ. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:116-126.

STUDY

Safety of patients isolated for infection control.

Stelfox HT, Bates DW, Redelmeier DA. JAMA. 2003;290:1899-1905.

STUDY

Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valve intravenous access port.

Maragakis LL, Bradley KL, Song X, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006;27:67-70.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Leveraging technical and managerial changes to improve safety.

Pronovost P, Heifetz RA. Hosp Health Netw. March 27, 2007.

STUDY

An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2725-2732.

CLINICAL GUIDELINE

Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury, a Large-Scale Collaborative Project: patient-oriented research core—standard operating procedures for clinical care. II. Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient.

Minei JP, Nathens AB, West M, et al. J Trauma. 2006;60:1106-1113.

STUDY

Reduction of central line infections in Veterans Administration intensive care units: an observational cohort using a central infrastructure to support learning and improvement.

Render ML, Hasselbeck R, Freyberg RW, Hofer TP, Sales AE, Almenoff PL; VA ICU Clinical Advisory Group. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:725-732.

COMMENTARY

Nonpayment for harms resulting from medical care: catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

Wald HL, Kramer AM. JAMA. 2007;298:2782-2784.

BOOK/REPORT

Inspiring Ideas and Celebrating Successes: A Guidebook to Leading Patient Safety Practices in Ontario Hospitals.

OHA Patient Safety Support Service. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Ontario Hospital Association; 2006.

STUDY

Trends in central line–associated bloodstream infections in a trauma-surgical intensive care unit.

Ong A, Dysert K, Herbert C, et al. Arch Surg. 2011;146:302-307.

STUDY

Intensive care unit nurses' perceptions of safety after a highly specific safety intervention.

Elder NC, Brungs SM, Nagy M, Kudel I, Render ML. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:25-30.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Preventing infections: how Portland hospitals compare.

Rojas-Burke J. The Oregonian. May 8, 2010.

STUDY

Evaluation of an evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units.

Fuchs MA, Sexton DJ, Thornlow DK, Champagne MT. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:101-109.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Selling soap.

Dubner SJ, Levitt SD. New York Times Magazine. September 24, 2006:22.

STUDY

Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study.

Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA, Colantuoni E, et al. BMJ. 2010;340:c309.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Top of the list: Researcher fights epidemic of medical errors with checklist.

MacMillan C. Republican-American. March 29, 2009;local:1A.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Deadly infections: hospitals can lower the risk, but many fail to act.

Consumer Reports. March 2010;75:16-21.

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