Collaboration Impacting Patient Safety: Infection Control and a Unit Based Performance Improvement Team Reducing Healthcare Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Abstract

Yukie Mishima Certified Nurse in Infection Control, Subdirector of Department of Infection Control, Jikei University Hospital; Ms. Ayako Saito, Department of Infection Control, JIkei University Hospital; Mr. Taku Tamura, Department of Infection Control, JIkei University Hospital; Mr. Toshiaki Okutsu, Department of Infection Control, JIkei University Hospital; Mr. Yasushi Nakazawa, Director of Department of Infection control, JIkei University Hospital; Mr. Seiji Hori, Department of Infectious Disease and Infection Control, Jikei University School of Medicine