CIRAR-affiliated Projects Funded in 2010
Grant # 2 R01 NR010107-04 Prevention of Nosocomial Infections and Cost-Effectiveness Refined (P-NICER)
PI: Patricia W. Stone, RN, PhD, MPH, Professor of Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing
In this competitive renewal to the P-NICE study, a 3-year mixed method study organized into two phases is proposed. The aims are 1) Use a descriptive exploratory approach to qualitatively describe the phenomena of infection prevention, surveillance, and control in hospitals; 2) Assess the impact of the intensity of infection control processes on device associated and organism specific HAI rates in adult and pediatric ICUs across the nation; and 3) Determine the impact of state regulated mandatory reporting on infection control processes and HAI rates.