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- Stephen C. Hines, PhD
- Barbara S. Edson, RN, MBA, MHA
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- Deborah Bohr, MPH
- Mari Franks, MPPA
- Louella Hung, MPH
- Kelly Faulkner, BA
- Keesha Mwangangi
- M. Kathleen O’Shea
- Jenna Rabideaux
- Denise Shannon
- Paul Tedrick, BA
- Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD
- Sean Berenholtz, MD, MHS, FCCM
- Julius Cuong Pham, MD, PhD
- Christine Goeschel, ScD, MPA, MPS, RN, FAAN
- Lisa H. Lubomski, PhD
- Jill A. Marsteller, PhD, MPP
- Melinda D. Sawyer, MSN, RN, CNS-BC
- David Thompson, DNSc, MS, RN
- Kristina Weeks, MHS
- Bradford Winters, MD, PhD
- Rhonda Wyskiel, RN, BSN
- Sam Watson, MSA
- Christine George, BSN, RN, MS
- Steve Levy, MBA
- Marie Masuga, RN, MSN, BSN
- Barbara Meyer Lucas, MD, MHSA
- Wendy L. Walker, MBA
- Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD
- Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
- Sarah Krein, PhD, RN
- Mohamad G. Fakih, MD, MPH
- Karen Jones, RN, BSN
- Pat Posa, RN, BSN, MSA
- Susan M. Hohenhaus LPD, RN, CEN, FAEN
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- Kristy Weinshel, MBA
- Melanie Young
- Scott A. Flanders, MD
- Greg Maynard, MD, MSc, SFHM
- Wendy Nickel, MPH
- Kristina K. Felix, BA, RN, CRRN, CIC
- Linda R. Greene, RN, MPS, CIC
- Brian Koll, MD, FACP, FIDSA
- Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, CIC
- Lisa Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN
- Marlene Bokholdt, MS, RN, CPEN, CCRN-Ped
- Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc
- David A. Pegues, MD
- Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD
- Eugene S. Chu, MD, FHM
- Sarah Hartley, MD
- Ian Jenkins, MD
- Christin H. Ko, MD, MBA, SFHM, FACP
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News Archive
AHRQ: Intensive Care Units for Newborns in Nine States See Sharp Drop in Bloodstream Infections
January 24, 2013
AHRQ Patient Safety Project Reduces Bloodstream Infections by 40 Percent (.pdf)
September 10, 2012
ICUs from 750 Hospitals Reduce Central Line Bloodstream Infections by 33 Percent (.pdf)
November 8, 2011
AHRQ Awards Contract to HRET for National Expansion of Project to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (.doc)
November 2, 2011
ICUs from 350 Hospitals Reduce Central Line Bloodstream Infections by 35 Percent (.pdf)
April 5, 2011
New Funding Available to States to Eliminate Bloodstream Infections in Hospitals (.pdf)
July 20, 2010
HRET, Hospital Associations Announce Participants In National Efforts To Reduce Bloodstream Infections (.pdf)
March 19, 2009
HRET Awarded New Research Contract to Reduce Infections in Hospitals in Ten States (.pdf)
October 1, 2008
AHRQ Press Releases
AHRQ Awards $34 Million To Expand Fight Against Healthcare-Associated Infections
November 2, 2011
10-State Project To Study Methods To Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Hospital ICUs
February 19, 2009
HHS Press Releases
HHS Awards $17 Million in a New National Initiative to Fight Health Care-Associated Infections
October 23, 2009
Secretary Sebelius Releases Inaugural Health Care “Success Story” Report
July 13, 2009
Newsletters
July/August 2010 Newsletter (.pdf)
- Tennessee Leads the Way in Transparency
- AHRQ Approves Funding for State Leaders
- A Word from John Combes
- CDC Releases State-Specific CLABSI Report
January 2010 Newsletter (.pdf)
- Grime Scene Investigation: SC
- Safety Champions
- Message from Peter Pronovost
- Clinicians Use Virtual Forum
Articles
Hospitals Slash Central Line Infections With Program That Empowers Nurses
Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ, JAMA Medical News And Perspectives, October 24, 2012
Program Cuts Rate of Deadly Catheter Infections
Anna Wilde Mathews, The Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2012
Quality Matters: A Conversation with Peter Pronovost About Patient Safety
Sarah Klein and Douglas McCarthy, The Commonwealth Fund, April/May 2010
Doctor Leads Quest for Safer Ways to Care for Patients
Claudia Dreifus, The New York Times, March 8, 2010