Getting Started Kit
Updated How-to Guide with instructions for implementing the change in your organization, including changes and measures.
How-to Guide Pediatric Supplement with recommendations for implementing the change in a pediatric setting.
Updated Introductory PowerPoint Presentation to introduce and explain the intervention in your organization.
Annotated Bibliography
Campaign Mentor Hospitals
The organizations on the Campaign Mentor Hospital Registry have volunteered to provide support, advice, clinical expertise, and tips to hospitals seeking help with their implementation efforts.
Reduce MRSA Infection Campaign Mentor Hospitals
Tools
Tools to help hospitals working to reduce MRSA infection.
Living with MRSA- a handbook for patients and families
MRSA Patient and Family Fact Sheet
St. Clare's MRSA Patient and Family Page
St. Clare's MRSA Patient and Family Page - Spanish
CDC's Hand Hygiene Training Module
WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (Advanced Draft): A Summary
Download the Hand Hygiene Getting Started Kit
Guide to the Elimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, created by the MRSA Task Force and released on March 14, 2007
Read the February 2007 APIC Briefing, Dispelling the Myths: The True Cost of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Hand Hygiene Observation Documentation Tool
Measurement Information Forms
Detailed information on the process and outcome measures outlined in the How-to Guide.
Compliance with Active Surveillance Cultures on Admission
Compliance with Hand Hygiene
Compliance with MRSA Contact Precautions
Compliance with Room Cleaning
MRSA Bloodstream Infections per 100 Admissions
MRSA Bloodstream Infections per 1000 Patient Days
Transmission of MRSA
Resources
Other resources available to help your quality improvement efforts.
A discussion of two recent MRSA studies (in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Annals of Internal Medicine) by Don Goldmann, MD, infectious disease specialist and IHI Senior Vice President.
Read the MRSA Innovation Challenge Winner Summary, listen to the Campaign LIVE! with St. Clare's
Join a reduce MRSA infection web discussion
CDC MRSA Patient Fact Sheet
Reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections published in the Joint Commission Journal as part of a series on the six new interventions in the Campaign.
Call Recordings
Recordings of Campaign calls on reducing MRSA infection.
January 18, 2007 - Introduction
May 8, 2007 - Office Hour
September 20, 2007 - Office Hour
October 11, 2007 - Campaign LIVE!
The need for reliable design to reduce MRSA
March 18, 2008 - Office Hour
April 21, 2008 - Campaign LIVE!
MRSA Innovation Challenge winner shares what works
National Action Day Materials
On June 20, 2007, over 35,000 participants focused their attention on getting results faster and more reliably. Materials used during the reduce MRSA infection session are available for download.
Reduce MRSA Infection Session Recording
Note: Due to technical difficulties, the sound quality of this recording is less than optimal.
PPT Slides, Slides as Handouts, Hand Hygiene Observation Documentation Tool, Changes Made Worksheet, Changes Planned Worksheet, Blank Planning Worksheet
Contact
For more information contact:
Fran Griffin, RRT, MPA
Email: fgriffin@ihi.org
Phone: (732) 869-0533
