After forming teams that focus on various aspects of infection prevention, the Orlando Health and Florida Hospital systems reported very promising results that can serve as a model for hospitals nationwide as the federal government steps up its efforts to work with healthcare facilities to reduce morbidity and mortality resulting from healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
"According to hospital research, Orlando Health's Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and South Seminole Hospital had no cases of catheter-associated urinary-tract infections in 2013 and 2014. Dr. P. Phillips Hospital also reduced Clostridium difficile infection by more than 40 percent from 2013 to 2014. [Dr. Thomas Kelley, interim chief quality officer at Orlando Health] said the hospital system has expanded the practices that yield these results to all of its hospitals."
In addition, "Florida Hospital reported that it reduced central-line infections systemwide by 77 percent from 2013 to 2014."
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