Change Bundle Helps Prevent Healthcare Acquired Infections
In addition to sharing change concepts developed from the successful practices of high-performing nursing homes, The National Nursing Home Change Package provides healthcare improvement change bundles. These bundles provide a proven approach to a specific topic that helps providers more reliably deliver the best possible care for residents.
One change bundle is “To Prevent Healthcare Acquired Infections.” It includes a Six-Point set of actions with supporting actions that represent the practices described by nursing homes that have successfully prevented infections.
The Six-Points:
- Promote hand hygiene.
- Prevent transmission of infections by staff.
- Prevent transmission of infection by all persons.
- Establish and implement system-wide environmental cleaning policies.
- Identify and treat infections appropriately.
- Avoid indwelling catheter use unless appropriately indicated.
Go here to get this complete change bundle in the National Nursing Home Change Package.
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