July 7, 2011 | By: Calevir
Hospital Acquired Infection, HAI, meets aggressive new national and statewide program to lower risk, save lives and reduce cost.
Jefferson City, Missouri – July 7, 2011 – Twenty-five percent of hospital inpatients have an indwelling urinary catheter at some point during their hospitalization. Each day, these patients have an estimated 5% risk of developing a catheter-associated urinary tract infection, or CAUTI. This risk is multiplied each day the catheter remains in use. CAUTI is the most common type of hospital-acquired infection, HAI, in U.S. hospitals equaling 40% of all HAIs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that over 2 million HAIs occur in U.S. hospitals each year, and as many as 99,000 patients who get these infections die as a result. These infections also result in $4.5 billion in excess health care costs annually.
The Missouri Center for Patient Safety (MOCPS) is participating as state coordinator, along with ten other states as part of Cohort 2, in the AHRQ funded national patient safety project, CUSP/Stop CAUTI, which has proven to reduce dramatically incidents of CAUTI.
The MOCPS program, CUSP/Stop CAUTI Collaborative, began in March, 2011, and targets goals mirroring the national initiative: to reduce mean CAUTI rates in participating ICU and other clinical units by 25% and disseminate CUSP educational modules to improve patient safety. The project closes in December of 2012.
The overarching program, Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program, CUSP, is a model developed by Johns Hopkins University geared specifically for bedside caregivers which provides specific methods and tools to promote consistent and safe practices at the hospital unit level to keep patients safe from acquiring HAIs and other hospital-acquired conditions.
CUSP/Stop CAUTI has two objectives: Teach the bedside staff of a typical hospital unit, such as an ICU or medical-surgical floor, the components of CUSP and instruct them on evidence-based clinical interventions to prevent CAUTI and apply them to daily practice.
The CUSP/Stop CAUTI project is partially funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, and is being managed in collaboration with the Missouri Hospital Association and the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative.
Missouri is also participating in the national CUSP/Stop BSI (blood stream infection) project which began earlier this year, and currently has 44 states enrolled.
“States, hospitals and units learn from each other while working together in the collaborative model,†said MOCPS assistant director, Carol Hafley. “The Center’s role as state coordinator provides hospitals with assistance during implementation to foster this learning and develop a support network to ensure the project’s success with every facility.â€
Participating Missouri hospitals include:
Kansas hospitals include:
More About MOCPS – The Missouri Center for Patient Safety was founded by the Missouri Hospital Association, Missouri State Medical Association and Primaris as a private, nonprofit corporation to serve as a leader to fulfill its vision of a health care environment safe for all patients, in all processes, all the time. www.mocps.org
Jefferson City, Missouri – July 7, 2011 – Twenty-five percent of hospital inpatients have an indwelling urinary catheter at some point during their hospitalization.Each day, these patients have an estimated 5% risk of developing a catheter-associated urinary tract infection, or CAUTI.This risk is multiplied each day the catheter remains in use.CAUTI is the most common type of hospital-acquired infection, HAI, in U.S. hospitals equaling 40% of all HAIs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that over 2 million HAIs occur in U.S. hospitals each year, and as many as 99,000 patients who get these infections die as a result. These infections also result in $4.5 billion in excess health care costs annually.
The Missouri Center for Patient Safety (MOCPS) is participating as state coordinator, along with ten other states as part of Cohort 2, in the AHRQ funded national patient safety project, CUSP/Stop CAUTI, which has proven to reduce dramatically incidents of CAUTI. The MOCPS program, CUSP/Stop CAUTI Collaborative, began in March, 2011, and targets goals mirroring the national initiative: to reduce mean CAUTI rates in participating ICU and other clinical units by 25% and disseminate CUSP educational modules to improve patient safety.The project closes in December of 2012.
The overarching program, Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program, CUSP, is a model developed by Johns Hopkins University geared specifically for bedside caregivers which provides specific methods and tools to promote consistent and safe practices at the hospital unit level to keep patients safe from acquiring HAIs and other hospital-acquired conditions.
CUSP/Stop CAUTI has two objectives: Teach the bedside staff of a typical hospital unit, such as an ICU or medical-surgical floor, the components of CUSP and instruct them on evidence-based clinical interventions to prevent CAUTI and apply them to daily practice.
The CUSP/Stop CAUTI project is partially funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, and is being managed in collaboration with the Missouri Hospital Association and the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative.
Missouri is also participating in the national CUSP/Stop BSI (blood stream infection) project which began earlier this year, and currently has 44 states enrolled.
“States, hospitals and units learn from each other while working together in the collaborative model,†said MOCPS assistant director, Carol Hafley.”The Center’s role as state coordinator provides hospitals with assistance during implementation to foster this learning and develop a support network to ensure the project’s success with every facility.â€
Participating Missouri hospitals include:
Bothwell Regional Health Center
Callaway Community Hospital
Cass Regional Medical Center
Centerpoint Medical Center
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Cooper County Memorial Hospital
Cox Medical Centers
Golden Valley Memorial Hospital
Hannibal Regional Hospital
Jefferson Regional Medical Center
Kindred Hospitals St. Anthony’s
Kindred Hospitals St. Louis
Liberty Hospital
Missouri Orthopaedic Institute
Missouri Southern Healthcare
North Kansas City Hospital
Ozarks Medical Center
Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems
Research Medical Center
Saint Joseph Medical Center
Saint Luke’s East Lee’s Summit
Saint Luke’s Hospital
Saint Luke’s Northland Hospital
Saint Mary’s Medical Center
Skaggs Regional Medical Center
St. John’s Mercy Hospital – Washington
Truman Medical Center – Hospital Hill
Kansas hospitals include:
Cushing Memorial Hospital
Saint Luke’s South Hospital
University of Kansas Medical Center
More About MOCPS – The Missouri Center for Patient Safety was founded by the Missouri Hospital Association, Missouri State Medical Association and Primaris as a private, nonprofit corporation to serve as a leader to fulfill its vision of a health care environment safe for all patients, in all processes, all the time. www.mocps.org
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