Free CUSP toolkit can help clinicians make care safer

Free CUSP toolkit can help clinicians make care safer

Free CUSP toolkit can help clinicians make care safer

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 03/07/2014 07:45 AM EST

AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of how physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together. It combines a checklist of clinical best practices with an understanding of the science of safety, improved safety culture, and an increased focus on teamwork and communication. In a nationwide project to promote the use of CUSP, more than 1,000 ICUs reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections by 41 percent.

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