| Saint Alphonsus is proud to be a participant in a national campaign to improve patient safety. Read more about the recommendations for safer practices:
- Deploy rapid response teams
- Improve the care for heart attack patients
- Prevent adverse drug events (medication reconciliation)
- Prevent central line infections
- Prevent surgical site (wound) infections
- Prevent harm from high-risk medications, specifically anticoagulants, sedatives, narcotics and insulin
- Reduce surgical complications
- Prevent pressure ulcers
- Reduce methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections
- Improve the care for congestive heart failure patients
- Prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
Learn more about the 5 Million Lives Campaign. |
