ICU collaborative achieves major reductions in hospital infections.
Multidisciplinary teams conduct daily rounds to assess, revise patient care goals and processes. Cultural change empowers staff to ask for necessary things they once were reluctant to request. Secure web portal enables hospital teams to chat with each other and share experiences.
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008396:Maryland / Q000453:epidemiology