Novant Health receives 2008 Ernest Amory Codman Award
Patient Safety Monitor, February 1, 2009
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Hand hygiene program achieved 98% compliance over four-year period
In 2004, Novant Health, a health system based in Winston-Salem, NC, went through a patient safety awakening after a baby contracted MRSA in the neonatal unit and died. The system saw this accident as a chance to take a second look at the hand hygiene program in place and evaluate what more could be done to prevent future MRSA outbreaks.
“With something as simple as hand washing, we were going to aggressively improve this for the betterment of the patients,” says Jim Lederer, MD, medical director for clinical improvement and infection control specialist at Novant Health.
In 2005, Novant Health embarked on a three-year plan to improve the system’s hand hygiene program. The goal was set high, at 90% compliance, which was in line with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines. It seemed to be a big stretch from Novant’s 49% compliance rate.
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