Other bulletins in this series include:

Breast Surgery

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Website watch at http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/CriticalCare/

Includes: What is a "bundle"?

A "bundle" is a group of interventions related to a disease process that, when executed together, result in better outcomes than when implemented individually.
Examples of bundles include:
Ventilator Bundle
Central Line Bundle
Severe Sepsis Bundles
Learn More

See sections on Intensive Care, Critical Care, Sepsis, Last phase of life and also

How-to Guide: Improving Hand Hygiene
The purpose of this How-to Guide is to help organizations reduce health-care-associated infections, including infections due to antibiotic-resistant organisms, by improving hand hygiene practices and use of gloves among health care workers.

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