New from NQF: Playbook and webinar on addressing hospital-onset bloodstream infections
A new, publicly available resource is available from the National Quality Forum (NQF) to help organizational leaders and clinical care teams in acute care settings implement or improve hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia (HOB) prevention, identification, and treatment initiatives.
The Hospital-Onset Bacteremia and Fungemia Playbook also is the topic of an upcoming NQF webinar on Oct. 31, 2024, at 3 pm ET.
HOB is any bloodstream infection where bacterial or fungal pathogens are detected from a blood culture specimen collected on day four or later of hospital admission. The release of the HOB Playbook comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is taking steps to address HOB by refining a recently endorsed quality measure.
NQF is an affiliate of The Joint Commission.
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