ICU Safety and Culture Collaborative (2005)

The Maryland Patient Safety Center’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Safety and Culture Collaborative, conducted in 2005, brought together teams from 83% (38 out of 46) of Maryland hospitals representing nearly 90% (799 out of 893) of the state’s intensive care unit beds participated in this collaborative aimed at eliminating preventable death and illness associated with healthcare-associated blood stream infections and pneumonia in patients on ventilators.

  • Estimated 1,113 ventilator associated pneumonia or catheter-related blood stream infections prevented, 140 lives saved, and $40,775,070 avoided hospital costs.
  • Estimated 358 BSI infections prevented, 64 lives saved, and $5,853,300 hospital costs avoided (range is cost estimates from $1,324,600 to $10,382,000).
  • Estimated 755 VAP infections prevented, 75 lives saved, and $34,921,770 hospital costs avoided (range is cost estimates from $26,053,540 to $43,790,000