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Description of Interventions
| The 5 Million Lives Campaign is an expansion of the 100,000 Lives Campaign, in which over 3,000 participating hospitals reduced inpatient deaths by an estimated 122,000 in 18 months. The lifelong impact of patient harm is the primary reason why the IHI and its quality partners have shifted slightly, from preventing avoidable deaths, to the prevention of medically induced injuries. The new campaign will promote the adoption of the 12 improvements in care detailed below. |
- Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infection...by reliably implementing scientifically proven infection control practices throughout the hospital
- Reduce harm from high-alert medications...starting with a focus on anticoagulants, sedatives, narcotics, and insulin
- Reduce surgical complications...by reliably implementing the changes in care recommended by the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)
- Prevent pressure ulcers...by reliably using science-based guidelines for prevention of this serious and common complication
- Deliver reliable, evidence-based care for congestive heart failure…to reduce readmissions
- Get Boards on board…by defining and spreading new and leveraged processes for hospital Boards of Directors, so that they can become far more effective in accelerating the improvement of care
- Deploy Rapid Response Teams… at the first sign of patient decline – and before catastrophic cardiac or respiratory event.
- Deliver reliable, evidence-based care for acute myocardial infarction…to prevent deaths from heart attack.
- Prevent adverse drug events…by reconciling patient medications at every transition point in care.
- Prevent central line infections…by implementing a series of interdependent, scientifically grounded steps.
- Prevent surgical site infections…by following a series of steps, including reliable, timely administration of correct perioperative antibiotics.
- Prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia…by implementing a series of interdependent, scientifically grounded steps.
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| There is no cost for hospitals to join the 5 Million Lives Campaign though there is an obligation to adopt at least one intervention and an expectation of regularly reporting hospital profile and mortality data throughout the Campaign. |
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