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MAY/JUNE 2011
Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare
Hand Hygiene
Measurement & Education
Corporate Compliance
Care Transitions and patient Safety
Revisiting the
ADVERSE OUTCOME INDEX
Infection Control
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MAY/JUNE 2011 · VOLUME 8 ISSUE 3
Features
14 Hand Hygiene Measurement and Education
John Govednik, MS; Maryanne McGuckin, ScEd, MT(ASCP)
18 Central Line Infections: Targeting Zero on an Oncology Unit
Dawn Garcia, BSN/MS, CMQ-O/E
22 Revisiting the Perinatal Adverse Outcome Index
Emily Hamilton, MD; Samuel Smith, MD;
Dorothy Berry, RN, DFASHRM; Omer Ben-Yoseph, MD;
Dan O’Keeffe, MD; Eric Knox, MD
28 Understanding Care Transitions as a Patient Safety Issue
Sara Butterfield RN, BSN, CPHQ, CCM;
Christine Stegel, RN, MS, CP
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Contents MAY/JUNE 2011 · VOLUME 8 ISSUE 3
AHI of Indiana
EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK May/June 2011 Volume 8 Issue 3
Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare Lionheart P
Corporate Compliance Federal Initiatives to Drive
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act PPACA
ISMP Measuring Up to Medication Safety By the In
http://www.ismp.org/newsletters/acutecare/articles
Health & IT Quality Watson, come here. I need you
best healthcare outcome—can be delivered to each p
Viewpoint A Supplier’s Pledge By Brad Cates A
Standard Register
Hand Hygiene Measurement and Education Compliance
Hand hygiene (HH) is one of the most effective pra
Hand Hygiene observation, because data gather
is the recommended method for hand hygiene if your
CENTRAL LINE INFECTIONS: Targeting Zero on an Onc
have contributed to these patients experiencing ce
CENTRAL LINE INFECTIONS there, the team evalu
Keys to Success Ensuring patient safety and follo
Revisiting the Perinatal Adverse Outcome Index Em
notable publications promoting this tool were like
Quality Colloquium
Quality Colloquium
REVISITING PERINATAL AOI healthcare received
exists for obstetrics, although efforts to tackle
Understanding Care Transitions as a Patient Safety
The goals of this project include: • developmen
CARE TRANSITIONS instructions, the importance
shift their schedules to accommodate physician app
CARE TRANSITIONS gical cardiac telemetry unit
presented with similar, unmet needs,” says Chris F
Quest 2011: A Rallying Point for Patient Safety Ad
people really want to do the right thing. If they
QUEST 2011 disturbing picture of the current
National Patient Safety Foundation
The State of Compassionate Healthcare Experts dis
“This is a ‘no brainer’ for much of the American p
COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE Bisognano pointed to
University of Michigan
Medication Safety The “Other” Healthcare Reform M
Safer Healthcare
Infection Control Showcase Battling the Bugs By
Bemis Healthcare The Patient Safety Group rl Sol
ABQAURP News QUALITY CONUNDRUMS Lynn Helme
Author Guidelines Patient Safety and Quality He
ABQAURP
Sage Products, Inc.
Patient Safety & Quality HealtHcare Education & T
coMPaNy/EdUcaTIoNa INSTITUTIoN INdEx ASHRM ASQ C
The University of Florida The University of Flor
Safer Healthcare The proposed programs, detailed
aSQ Guide to Process Improvement and Change Real
coUrSE LISTINGS aSHrM Address: 155 North Wacker
coUrSE LISTINGS This course on EHR is designed
coUrSE LISTINGS Culture” techniques; and use h
coUrSE LISTINGS Loyola University chicago Schoo
coUrSE LISTINGS Medical Simula
coUrSE LISTINGS Admission Deadline: October 1,
coUrSE LISTINGS This course focuses on the rol