Nursing Innovations in Patient Safety

 

Organization	Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
Location	Peoria, IL
Date of Implementation	January 2005
Nurse Leader	Nursing Leadership Team
Contact Info	Shellie Wilkes, RN, Manager Accreditation and Regulatory, 309-672-4934
Project Team	Service Excellence Steering Committee
Project Title	Communication by Celebration
Type of Innovation	Organizational Culture
Innovation	C-HAWAII, Communication among caregivers, High risk medications, Acquired infections, Wrong site/ patient/procedure/surgery, Accurate medications, Identification of patients, and Infusion pumps.  If patient safety goals were reached with 100% compliace one employee would receive an all-expense paid trip for two to Hawaii.  Every 3 weeks the campaign highlighted a different safety goal with a fun giveaway.  Hospital newsletters had updates and reminers about patient safety issues.
Outcome	Commitment to a clinical practice environment which engenders patient safety. Ingrain patient safety measures into the culture on a daily basis. Compliance with major safety initiatives from 71.4% in Oct. 2004 to 98-100% in Feb. 2005