Impact of a hospital-wide huddle on device utilisation and infection rates: a community hospital's journey to zero.

Background: Device utilisation ratios (DUR) correlate with device-associated complications and rates of infection. We implemented a hospital-wide Daily Interdisciplinary Safety Huddle (DISH) with infection control and device components. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of DISH on DUR...

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Published in:Journal of Infection Prevention Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 228 - 234
Main Authors: Mena Lora, Alfredo J, Ali, Mirza, Krill, Candice, Spencer, Sherrie, Takhsh, Eden, Bleasdale, Susan C
Format: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Nov2020
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