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Hospitals’ Efforts to Reduce Skin Injury in Patients Must Improve

CARY, Ill. -- In a recent opinion poll conducted by Sage Products Inc., 57 percent of the 200 wound ostomy continence nurses who responded said their hospital has a specific protocol in place for prevention of incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). Forty-three percent do ...More

July 30, 2007

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IHI Names Premier Inc. as a Partner in the 5 Million Lives Campaign to Reduce Medical Harm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Premier Inc. healthcare alliance today announced that it has been named a partner in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 5 Million Lives Campaign, a national campaign to dramatically reduce incidents of medical harm in U.S. hospitals. The 5 ...More

January 12, 2007

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IHI Launches National Initiative to Reduce Medical Harm in U.S. Hospitals, Builds on 100,000 Lives Campaign

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) announces the launch of a national campaign to dramatically reduce incidents of medical harm in U.S. hospitals. The 5 Million Lives Campaign will ask hospitals to improve more rapidly than before the care they ...More

December 12, 2006

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3M Applauds IHI 100,000 Lives Campaign for Heightening National Awareness of Hospital Infections and Saving Lives

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Joining the groundswell of support for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 100,000 Lives Campaign, 3M applauds this milestone "best practices" initiative to prevent thousands of avoidable deaths from infection. "The IHI 100,000 Lives Campaign ...More

June 20, 2006

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IHI Announces Number of Lives Saved Through Campaign

ATLANTA -- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) announced today that U.S. hospitals taking part in an unprecedented 18-month effort to prevent 100,000 unnecessary deaths by dramatically improving patient care have exceeded that goal. Hospitals enrolled in the ...More

June 14, 2006

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QIOs are Key Leaders in 100K Lives Campaign

The following statement was made by David Schulke, executive vice president of the American Health Quality Association (AHQA): “In Atlanta today, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) announced that the 100K Lives Campaign saved 122,342 lives in the last 18 months, ...More

June 14, 2006

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IHI Announces More Than 60,000 Lives Already Saved Through its 100,000 Lives Campaign

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) announces that its landmark campaign to save 100,000 lives in U.S. hospitals by June 14, 2006 has already saved 60,500 lives (as of March 13) – with three months still to go. More than 3,000 acute-care ...More

March 24, 2006

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Hospitals Enrolled in the IHI’s 100,000 Lives Campaign Show that Cases of VAP Can Drop to Zero

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) announced today that 14 hospitals enrolled in its 100,000 Lives Campaign have had no cases of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) for one year or more. VAP is a lung infection that can develop in patients ...More

February 21, 2006

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Baxter Provides Support to 100,000 Lives Campaign

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Baxter International Inc. announced today the company's participation in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) 100,000 Lives Campaign through a $200,000 grant and a commitment to further collaboration. Baxter, one of the campaign's first ...More

December 16, 2005

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APIC Invited to Join National Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives Through Healthcare Improvement

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has been invited to participate as a scientific partner with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) on its 100,000 Lives campaign. The campaign aims to save 100,000 ...More

May 18, 2005

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