Impact of participation in the California Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Initiative on adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices for patient safety and health care–associated infection rates in a cohort of acute care general hospitals.

Helen Ann Halpin; Sara B. McMenamin; Lisa Payne Simon; Diane Jacobsen; Megan Vanneman; Stephen M. Shortell; Arnold Milstein

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Impact of participation in the California Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Initiative on adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices for patient safety and health care–associated infection rates in a cohort of acute care general hospitals.

October 3, 2012

Halpin HA, McMenamin SB, Simon LP, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2013;41(4):307-11.

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This study demonstrated that hospitals participating in the California Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Initiative (CHAIPI) had significant improvements in adoption and implementation of evidence-based patient safety practices. However, there were no differences in health care–associated infection rates compared with non-CHAIPI hospitals.

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