Kansas Hospitals Reduced Bloodstream Infections by 38%
Through a joint effort to enhance the quality of health care patients receive, Kansas hospitals significantly reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) after one year of participation in the Kansas On the CUSP: Stop BSI project. Working together with the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative (KHC), 50 unit teams participated in this voluntary national effort to eliminate CLABSI using the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP).
On the CUSP: STOP BSI was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The national partners of this initiative include the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) of the American Hospital Association, the Michigan Keystone Center for Patient Safety, and Johns Hopkins Quality Safety and Research group. The goals of the Kansas On the CUSP: Stop BSI project were to eliminate, or at least reduce, CLABSI rates to no more than one infection per 1,000 catheter days and to improve safety culture on hospital units. —February 28, 2012