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Infection Prevention

Infections are a serious concern in hospitals. Nationwide, 2.5 million patients develop healthcare-associated infections annually. Not only do infections cause additional medical problems for patients, but they can increase the time a patient spends in the hospital, and sometime, can result in serious illness. The risk of healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by following best practices for infection control. Learn more about what BIDMC is doing to address this problem in several important areas.

Infections	BIDMC Performance Q1 FY 13	BIDMC Goal
Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia A higher score is better.	98%	90%

Infections	BIDMC Performance Q1 FY 13	BIDMC Goal
Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections in ICUs A lower score is better.	1.01	1.21

Hand Hygiene	BIDMC Performance Q1 FY 13	BIDMC Goal
Hand Hygiene: Intensive Care Unit A higher score is better.	90%	90%
Hand Hygiene: Medical-Surgical-OB A higher score is better.	68%	90%
*Source of comparison for each measure may vary. It may be drawn from national, regional, or local databases and can include internal goals and/or benchmarks that BIDMC has established.

Other useful hospital-wide measures:

Nursing Care

Last Updated: April 9, 2013

Contact Information

Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215
617-667-1325