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Hospital authority highlights safety 'wins' and flags staffing, sepsis and hand‑hygiene gaps
Summary
Hospital staff reported a third consecutive 'A' safety grade, sustained barcode medication successes and low infection rates, but the board was told to address hand‑hygiene adherence (just under 95%), declining severe‑sepsis bundle adherence and peer‑review turnaround times. Joint Commission changes will require routine board reporting on workplace violence and staffing.
Felicia Denson, director of quality and patient safety, told the Hospital Authority Board on Nov. 20 that the hospital earned an 'A' safety grade for the third consecutive survey period and continues to meet barcode medication‑administration goals and low health‑care–acquired infection metrics.
Denson said the organization has gone more than a year without a central‑line–associated bloodstream infection, catheter‑associated urinary‑tract infection, MRSA bacteremia infection or certain surgical‑site infections…
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