2018 NW6 HAI BSI Reduction Quality Improvement Activity (QIA) - Key Facility Staff Contact Collection |
Please complete the following dialysis facility information. (One Survey Per Facility CCN)
*Inclusion Criteria:
- Network facilities that had a long-term catheter (LTC) (catheter in use > 90 days) in use rate greater than 15% along with a high BSI rate .
- Network facilities that had the highest BSI rates Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Bloodstream infections (BSIs) in the first and second quarters of 2017.
* Please note that not all facilities were selected for the BSI component if your rates were not in the highest 20% of Network facilities. The same applies to LTC rates where facilities with LTC less than 15% were excluded from the LTC component.
Goal:
Goal:
- Reduce BSI rates in outpatient dialysis facilities and encourage accurate reporting of data in selected facilities.
- Reduce LTC rates by at least 2 percentage points at re-measurement in selected facilities.
Project Objective:
- Promote the implementation of CDC recommended audit tools.
- Promote best practices in the reduction of high LTC rates.
- Assist at least 20% of selected facilities to join a Health Information Exchange(HIE) to receive information relevant to positive blood cultures during transition of care.
Initial Activities:
- Provide the name, phone number, and email address of the project lead, back-up project lead, and any other supporting contacts in your organization via the survey below. The survey due date is January 4, 2018.
- Attend kickoff webinar, the Network will disseminate a meeting invitation, date/time to be determined. During this webinar, the requirements of the entire project will be reviewed.
Survey Instructions:
- Populate all fields in the survey.
- If the contact requested in a specific job title question is the same as the project lead or back-up project lead, enter "Same as project lead" or "Same as back-up project lead" in the name, phone number, and email address fields.
- If your facility does not have corresponding personnel in a specific job title, enter "N/A" in the name, phone number, and email address fields.
- Survey completion is dependent on all fields being completed.