TY - JOUR T1 - Implementing strategic bundles for infection prevention and management. JF - Infection Y1 - 2012 A1 - Kaier, K A1 - Wilson, C A1 - Hulscher, M A1 - Wollersheim, H A1 - Huis, A A1 - Borg, M A1 - Scicluna, E A1 - Marie-Laurence Lambert A1 - Palomar, M A1 - Tacconelli, E A1 - De Angelis, G A1 - Schumacher, M A1 - Wolkewitz, M A1 - Kleissle, E-M A1 - Frank, U KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents KW - Cross Infection KW - Disease Notification KW - Drug Resistance, Microbial KW - Europe KW - hospitals KW - Humans KW - Infection Control KW - patient safety KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic KW - Quality Assurance, Health Care KW - Risk Factors KW - Surveys and Questionnaires AB -

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are considered to be the most frequent adverse event in healthcare delivery. Active efforts to curb HAI have increased across Europe thanks to the growing emphasis on patient safety and quality of care. Recently, there has been dramatic success in improving the quality of patient care by focusing on the implementation of a group or "bundle" of evidenced-based preventive practices to achieve a better outcome than when implemented individually. The project entitled IMPLEMENT is designed to spread and test knowledge on how to implement strategic bundles for infection prevention and management in a diverse sample of European hospitals. The general goal of this project is to provide evidence on how to decrease the incidence of HAI and to improve antibiotic use under routine conditions.

VL - 40 CP - 2 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21877178?dopt=Abstract M3 - 10.1007/s15010-011-0186-5 ER -