Development and implementation of a centralized surveillance infection prevention program in a multi-facility health system: A quality improvement project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of a unique centralized surveillance infection prevention (CSIP) program.

Design

Observational quality improvement project.

Setting

An integrated academic healthcare system.

Intervention

The CSIP program comprises senior infection preventionists who are responsible for healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance and reporting, allowing local infection preventionists (LIPs) a greater portion of their time to non-surveillance patient safety activities. Four CSIP team members accrued HAI responsibilities at 8 facilities.

Methods

We evaluated the effectiveness of the CSIP program using 4 measures: recovery of LIP time, efficiency of surveillance activities by LIPs and CSIP staff, surveys

SUBMITTER: Snyder GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031579 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature