80025297: Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program and Stop BSI

The content for this course is available at http://65.23.152.3/stop-bsi/learning-sessions/immersion-calls/

For CME Credit, you must view the content at the website above. Registration at this site is for CME Credit only. To Register and take the post-test, click here.

You may also click the Register tab above. After registering and paying the fee, your post-test and evaluation will appear in your Learner Pending Post-Tests and Evaluations. Please note that you must pass the post test, complete the course evaluation, and attest, in order to receive credit for this course.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description

The Joint Commission has made it a national priority to reduce the risk of healthcare associated infections. Specifically, the prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) is recognized as an explicit Hospital National Patient Safety Goal. This goal is highlighted with good reason as central line associated bloodstream infections cause considerable morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. In the US alone, there are an estimated 82,000 catheter-related bloodstream infections and up to 28,000 attributable deaths that occur in intensive care units annually. In addition, each infection costs approximately $45,000. Consequently, efforts to reduce bloodstream infections are an essential component of improving patient safety and quality of care.

Evidence for safety and quality interventions is not always robust and translation of quality improvement into practice is not always effective. However, in the case of reducing central line associated bloodstream infections infections, the Keystone ICU project developed at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, led to a 66% reduction in CLABSIs and a median CLABSI rate of zero in over 100 intensive care units in the state of Michigan.

This CME enduring material is an educational resource, developed as a result of the Keystone project, to provide the expertise, education and tools needed to make significant and widespread CLABSI reduction possible.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for any physician or healthcare professional who is involved with patient safety and quality or infection reduction.

Learning Objectives

After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:

• recognize the core concepts that support the science of safety, including the role of system factors, standardization, independent checks, and teamwork. Ce physician engagement
• list the 5 evidence-based practices that have been demonstrated to reduce central line associated bloodstream infections
• explain the 5 components of the comprehensive unit-based safety program
• describe the components of creating the right team and of how to enhance physician engagement

The content for this course is available at http://www.onthecuspstophai.org/StopImme-7617.html

For CME Credit, you must view the content at the website above. Registration at this site is for CME Credit only. To Register and take the post-test, click here.

You may also click the Register tab above. After registering and paying the fee, your post-test and evaluation will appear in your Learner Pending Post-Tests and Evaluations. Please note that you must pass the post test, complete the course evaluation, and attest, in order to receive credit for this course.

Release Date: 11/1/2010
Expiration Date: 11/1/2013
Registrations will not be accepted after November 1, 2013.

Policy On Speaker And Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity handout materials.