By Ethan Covey
An unusual partnership between automotive manufacturing and a children’s hospital resulted in a reduction in bloodstream infections at a North Texas health system.
Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC) and Children’s Health, in Dallas, worked together to find novel ways to prevent bloodstream infections. The program, which began in June 2016, has seen a 75% drop in rates of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in patients in the