Funding aims to cut catheter infections
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, April 8, 2009
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After a study conducted by the Michigan Health & Hospital Association’s Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality reduced catheter-related bloodstream infections by 66% in Michigan hospitals, 28 states have been selected to implement the same prevention technique.
The new program is based on the used of checklists in the ICU to standardize catheter insertion. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will receive $10 million from the federal government to fund this effort in other states, according to American Medical News. The Johns Hopkins Quality & Safety Research Group and the MHA Keystone Center are using about $10 million in grants from the Jewish Community Endowment Fund and the Sandler Foundation to help another 18 states implement the patient-safety initiative, called the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program.
Each state is responsible for selecting the healthcare facilities that will take part in the program.
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