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Hospital-acquired infection improvement journey
18 minutes Posted Mar 18, 2024 at 5:34 pm.
] Current infection disease collaboration between four teams: infection disease physicians, infection prevention, microbiology and infection disease pharmacists
] Partnering with continuous improvement team to put hospital-acquired infection guidelines into a change package
] Over a span of two years, efforts led to 60% infection reduction for three targeted infections
] Challenges with standardizing the work
] Standardizing process structure and change framework
] Process checks to support freezing and/or unfreezing behavior for validity and sustainability
] Training modules and tools
] Focus strategy for monitoring and reducing other hospital-acquired infections
] Different processes are needed for patients that are entering care in different ways: i.e., elective vs emergent surgery vs. in-patient surgery
] Lessons learned
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Hospital-acquired infections affect every health organization. These infections may be caused by a variety of pathogens including bacterial, viruses, fungi and parasites. They can lead to increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Joining us to discuss their efforts to reduce hospital-acquired infections at SSM Health are Dr. Shephali Wulff, System Vice President of Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer and Chris Zirges, System Director of Infection Prevention.
 
Guest speakers:Shephali Wulff, DOSystem Vice President of Quality and Safety, Chief Quality OfficerSSM Health
Chris Zirges, DNP, APRN-BC, CIC, FAPICSystem Director of Infection PreventionSSM Health 
Host:Courtney Furrow-White, MPM, RNSenior PI Program DirectorVizient 
 
Show Notes:
[:56] SSM Health infection prevention overview
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