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When staff at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) began working on reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia rates, they armed themselves with more than a bundle. The work was informed by the theory of high reliability — how to make progress and how to sustain improvements.

Joint Commission Update for Infection Control: Applying 'reliability' theory to lower infection rates