Power of One: Strategies for Preventing CLA-BSI’s & VAP on Your Watch Target Zero Pat Posa RN, BSN, MSA System Performance Improvement Leader St. Joseph Mercy Health System Ann Arbor, MI [email protected] Disclosures •Consultant-Michigan Hospital Association Keystone Center •Consultant-Missouri Center for Patient Safety ••CCoonnttrraacctteedd ccoonnssuullttaanntt ffoorr Advancing Nursing, LLC – Consulting services: • Edward Lifesciences • Sage Products Session Objectives • Identify risk factors for the development of central line associated blood stream infections and ventilator associated pneumonia • Define key care practices based on the evidence that can rreedduuccee aanndd ssuussttaaiinn zzeerroo BBSSII’’ss • Define key care practices based on the evidence that can reduce and sustain zero VAP’s • Discuss strategies to work on a safety culture as care practices are changed. Infection epidemic carves deadly path Poor hygiene, overwhelmed workers contribute to thousands of deaths July 21, 2002| By Michael J. Berens, Tribune staff reporter. “A hidden epidemic of life-threatening infections is contaminating America's hospitals, needlessly killing tens of thousands of patients each year. These infections often are characterized by the health-care industry as random and inevitable byproducts of lifesaving care. But a Tribune investigation found that in 2000, nearly three-quarters of the deadly infections--or about 75,000— were preventable, the result of unsanitary facilities, germ-laden instruments, unwashed hands and other lapses…” Why HAI’s? • 2.5 million HAI’s year/USA • Everyday, 247 people die in the USA as a result of a HAI •• 55--1100%% ooff aallll ppaattiieennttss aaddmmiitttteedd ttoo UUSS hhoossppiittaall annually contract HAI’s (1 of every 10-20 patients) • 6th leading cause of death in the US • Higher nurse staffing results in lower HAI’s* *Hugonnet S et al CCM 2007;35:76-81 *PrWonHoOv o20s0t 5PJ et al JAMA 1999;281:1310-1317 *NeYeodkoleem DaS,n e tJ a el. tI nafle.c Nt C Eonntgroll oHfo Mspe Edp i2de0m0i2o;l3 240068:1;2791:S51-2-S21. 1722 It is Time to Change!! • 44,00 to 98,000 preventable death in hospitals related to medical errors annually (IOM report, 1999) • 92,888 deaths directly attributable to safety indicators bbeettwweeeenn 22000055--22000077 ((HHeeaalltthhGGrraaddeess 22000099)) – post-op infections, failure to rescue & pressure ulcers • National Patient Safety Goals include prevention of HAI’s • Lack of reimbursement for preventable injury Yokoe DS, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008;29:S12-S21. Needleman J et al. N Engl of Med 2002;346:1715-1722 It is Time to Change!! • $50 billion in total costs for preventable injury • 2011 mandatory federal reporting of CLA-BSI’s •• 22001133--lloowweesstt ppeerrcceenntt iimmpprroovveemmeenntt//ttoottaall Medicare cut • HHS goal to reduce HAI’s by 40% in 3 years (1 billion to assist in achieving goal) Yokoe DS, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008;29:S12-S21. Needleman J et al. N Engl of Med 2002;346:1715-1722 http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/06/20110622a.html http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/4/723.abstract How Big of a Problem are Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs) in U.S. Hospitals? Total HAI’s / year = 1.7 million; 98,987 deaths 263,810 274,098 TOTAL Other 133,368 -967 HRN BSI 22% 11% -21 WBN SSI --2288,,772255 NNoonn--nneewwbboorrnn IICCUU 20% = SSI 244,385 UTI PNEU 36% 11% 424,060 129,519 HRN=High Risk Newborn, WBN=Well Baby Nursery, ICU=Intensive Care Unit, SSI=Surgical Site Infection, BSI=Bloodstream Infection, UTI=Urinary Tract Infection, Pneu=Pneumonia Klevens, et al. Pub Health Rep2007;122:160-6 Value Sets Platform for Performance Improvement The Vision of Health Care in the U.S. 2012 - • Fragmented • Fee-for-service Cost Volume- driven hheeaalltthhccaarree •• CCoonnnneecctteedd • Bundled • Accountable VALUE- driven healthcare Quality The Journey Towards Value-Based Purchasing Begins : • Payment reforms for inpatient hospital services in 2008 – …ensure that Medicare no longer pays for the additional costs of certain preventable conditions (including certain infections) acquired in the hospital… 1) Serious preventable events: Object left in during surgery; air eemmbboolliissmm;; DDeelliivveerriinngg AABBOO--iinnccoommppaattiibbllee bblloooodd oorr bblloooodd pprroodduuccttss 2) catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) 3) pressure ulcers 4) Vascular catheter associated infection 5) Mediastinitis after CABG surgery 6) Patient falls – refining for FY09 Coming attractions?: VAP – Not yet, S. aureus BSI – Yes but limited to MRSA LabID, MRSA- No, CDI – Yes, LabID
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