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The Institute
for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 100K Lives Campaign
SOCH is part of this national
program, which is designed to improve quality and patient safety
at thousands of hospitals across the country. The campaign’s
goal is to save 100,000 lives by implementing changes in care
that have been proven to prevent avoidable deaths. The
IHI campaign is endorsed by a number of prestigious, national
organizations, including The American Medical Association, The
American Nurses Association, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services and the The Joint Commission.
Since joining this
campaign, SOCH has implemented many of the IHI’s quality
improvement recommendations, which include:
- Improving Care for
Heart Attack Patients by promptly administering aspirin and beta-blockers, and providing
smoking cessation counseling.
- Preventing Harmful
Reactions to Medication by
Compiling and reconciling a listing of all of a patient’s
home medications ensures that the physician is prescribing the
right medication and the correct dosage at admission, before
being transferred to another unit and at discharge.
- Preventing Blood Stream
Infection in Patients who have a Central Line inserted, which is an IV
inserted into a large vein to deliver medication, by taking
extra precautions to ensure a sterile environment. These
include making sure healthcare professionals who are inserting
the central line use hand-washing, and wear sterile gloves
and a full gown.
- Preventing Surgical
Site Infections by delivering antibiotics before the operation, maintaining
glucose levels, oxygenation and temperature control and avoiding
shaving hair at the surgical site.
- Preventing Pneumonia
for Patients on a Ventilator by implementing proven strategies, such as
elevating the head of the hospital bed.
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