title: Using high-impact interventions to reduce infection risk by standardising good practice.
abstract: This paper describes the implementation of three high-impact interventions across an NHS trust with the aim of reducing the number of healthcare-associated infections. The initiative was phase 1 of the trust's implementation of seven interventions identified in the Department of Health's Saving Lives programme as reducing infections in patients at increased risk. E-learning, reviews of documentation and policies and procedures were used to support the implementation process.
authors.affiliation: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coghill
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom