Implementing the MRSA bundle in ICUs: one citywide collaborative's key lessons learned.

Because bundle implementation in intensive care units to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is challenging, we conducted in-depth interviews with implementation teams at 5 participating hospitals. Key lessons learned across hospitals included the following: maintain management support, engage frontline staff, build the right multidisciplinary team, conduct process mapping, and commit to data collection and feedback.

Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs.

Background: Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are a leading cause of death in United States health care settings, with an overall estimated annual incidence of 1.7 million. As antimicrobial resistance has increased, so too have efforts to reduce HAI rates.

A national collaborative for reducing health care‒associated infections: current initiatives, challenges, and opportunities.

There has been increasing interest and an upsurge in efforts to prevent hospital-associated infections (HAIs), a leading cause of death in the United States. This study was conducted to assess current strategies and efforts of HAI reduction initiatives in hospitals. HAI reduction initiatives and factors influencing institutional participation in these initiatives were categorized.

Barriers and facilitators to nursing handoffs: Recommendations for redesign.

During a handoff, communication errors can lead to adverse events and suboptimal patient care. As a result, many institutions want to redesign their handoff processes, but have little specific guidance from the literature. We examined two approaches to nursing end-of-shift reports both taped and written, to identify specific factors limiting and facilitating such handoffs.