Through a new national awards program, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recognized 37 healthcare facilities for their efforts to prevent and eliminate healthcare-associated infections, according to an HHS news release.
HHS and the Critical Care Societies Collaborative partnered to develop the awards program. This initial set of rewards recognizes healthcare organizations for their efforts to reduce and eventually eliminate specifically ventilator-associated pneumonia and bloodstream infections associated with central intravenous lines. The "Outstanding Leadership Award" is granted to organizations that met their targets for 25 months or more; the "Sustained Improvement Award" is granted to organizations that showed consistent and sustained progress for an 18-24 month period.
Ten honorees were named during the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition. HHS will recognize the remaining 27 organizations throughout the year at conferences of CCSC member societies.
The recipients for achievements in eliminating VAP and CLABSIs include:
Outstanding Leadership Award
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mercy Hospital ICU, St. Paul, Minn.
North Shore-LIJ Health System, New York City
Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Sustained Improvement Award
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Detroit Medical Center
Lakeland HealthCare, St. Joseph, Mich.
Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System
Salem (Ore.) Health Critical Care Services
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (Tenn.)
The recipients for achievements in eliminating CLABSIs include:
Outstanding Leadership Award
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Children's Hospital Newborn Special Care Unit
HealthPark Medical Center Open Heart ICU, Ft. Myers, Fla.
University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Centers Critical Care Medicine Unit, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Children's Hospital & Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Stony Brook University Medical Center, East Setauket, N.Y.
Rome (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.
Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Sustained Improvement Award
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Howard County General Hospital, Baltimore
Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital
Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital NICU
Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular ICU
Medina (Ohio) Hospital ICU
The recipients for achievements in eliminating VAP include:
Outstanding Leadership Award
Seton Medical Center, Daly City, Calif.
University Hospital, Augusta, Ga.
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, New York City
Johnson City (Tenn.) Medical Center
Baylor University Medical Center Truett ICU, Dallas
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston
Sustained Improvement Award
St. Joseph Hospital Orange (Calif.)
Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Calif.
Palmdale (Calif.) Regional Medical Center
Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, Mass.
Carolinas Medical Center NeuroSurgical ICU, Charlotte, N.C.
Highland Hospital ICU, Rochester, N.Y.
Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, Wash.
Read the HHS release on its recognition of efforts to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
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HHS and the Critical Care Societies Collaborative partnered to develop the awards program. This initial set of rewards recognizes healthcare organizations for their efforts to reduce and eventually eliminate specifically ventilator-associated pneumonia and bloodstream infections associated with central intravenous lines. The "Outstanding Leadership Award" is granted to organizations that met their targets for 25 months or more; the "Sustained Improvement Award" is granted to organizations that showed consistent and sustained progress for an 18-24 month period.
Ten honorees were named during the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition. HHS will recognize the remaining 27 organizations throughout the year at conferences of CCSC member societies.
The recipients for achievements in eliminating VAP and CLABSIs include:
Outstanding Leadership Award
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mercy Hospital ICU, St. Paul, Minn.
North Shore-LIJ Health System, New York City
Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Sustained Improvement Award
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Detroit Medical Center
Lakeland HealthCare, St. Joseph, Mich.
Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System
Salem (Ore.) Health Critical Care Services
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (Tenn.)
The recipients for achievements in eliminating CLABSIs include:
Outstanding Leadership Award
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Children's Hospital Newborn Special Care Unit
HealthPark Medical Center Open Heart ICU, Ft. Myers, Fla.
University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Centers Critical Care Medicine Unit, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Children's Hospital & Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Stony Brook University Medical Center, East Setauket, N.Y.
Rome (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.
Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Sustained Improvement Award
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Howard County General Hospital, Baltimore
Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital
Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital NICU
Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular ICU
Medina (Ohio) Hospital ICU
The recipients for achievements in eliminating VAP include:
Outstanding Leadership Award
Seton Medical Center, Daly City, Calif.
University Hospital, Augusta, Ga.
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, New York City
Johnson City (Tenn.) Medical Center
Baylor University Medical Center Truett ICU, Dallas
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston
Sustained Improvement Award
St. Joseph Hospital Orange (Calif.)
Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Calif.
Palmdale (Calif.) Regional Medical Center
Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, Mass.
Carolinas Medical Center NeuroSurgical ICU, Charlotte, N.C.
Highland Hospital ICU, Rochester, N.Y.
Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, Wash.
Read the HHS release on its recognition of efforts to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Related Articles on Infection Control:
New York Lawmakers Propose Ban on Physician Neckties to Reduce Spread of Germs
Rhode Island Hospital: Peripheral Venous Catheters May Pose Infection Risk
Unit-Based Care Teams Improves Communication Among Team Members
