Quality Improvement Changes, 100,000 Lives Campaign
TABLE 11-4 Quality Improvement Changes, 100,000 Lives Campaign
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and its partners identified six quality-improvement changes to promote through the 100K Lives Campaign. They were as follows:
Activate a Rapid Response Team at the first sign that a patient’s condition is worsening and may lead to a more serious medical emergency (1,781 hospitals participating).
Prevent patients from dying of heart attacks by delivering evidence based care, such as appropriate administration of aspirin and beta blockers to prevent further heart muscle damage (2,288 hospitals participating).
Prevent medication errors by ensuring that accurate and continually updated lists of patients’ medications are reviewed and reconciled during their hospital stay, particularly at transition points (2,185 hospitals participating).
Prevent patients who are receiving medicines and fluids through central lines from developing infections by following five steps, including proper hand washing and cleaning the patient’s skin with “chlorhexidine” (a type of antiseptic) (1,925 hospitals participating).
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