Safe Tables offer the opportunity for hospitals to work together to address patient safety issues. These protected learning collaboratives provide a place for staff to share best practices, seek advice from peers, and learn from national experts in a confidential setting. Safe Table meetings are held both in person and over web conferences.
The Eliminating Hospital Acquired Infections Safe Table offers hospitals addresses best practices to prevent a variety of infections including:
- Central Line
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
- Surgical Site Infections
- Urinary Tract Infections
Materials and slides from past Safe Tables are available to member hospitals who have signed the Safe Table confidentiality agreement. Below are agendas from past Eliminating Hosptial Acquired Infection Safe Tables. For more information, or to request presentation materials, please contact Cat Ernevad.
2010
July 21, 2010
March 24, 2010 - Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Event Reporting
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2009
January 21 - MRSA Risk Assessment & Infection Rate Reporting Requirements
- Legislative Update and Standardizing MRSA Risk Assessment in Washington
- Multidrug Resistant Organism Risk Assessment with Will Shelton,
Swedish Medical Center - Learning and Sharing Best Practices
- Infection Rate Reporting Requirements with Jeanne Cummings,
the Washington State Department of Health
February 13 - Webconference ICU Safe Care Project
- Safe Care in ICUs with Sam Watson,
MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality
April 2 - MRSA Legislation, Room Cleaning, Infection Rate Reporting
- Update on MRSA Legislation
- Can Room Cleaning Be Effective in Reducing Infections?
Session led by Providence Health System - Infection Rate Reporting – Creating Comparability Through Standard Definitions
Presentation by Swedish Medical Center, MultiCare Health System,
and the Washington Department of Health
June 11 - Web Conference - Implementing Isolation Precaution Signage
- Implementing Isolation Precautions Signage
with Franciscan Health Services Experience - Isolation Precautions - What Does The Department of Health Expect?
July 15 – ICU Safe Care Initiative Kick-off
- Leading Change: Who are We and Where are We Going? with
Peter Pronovost, M.D., PhD, Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care - How Will This Work? with Carol Wagner, Washington State Hospital Association,
Sam Watson, Michigan Hospital Association and
Chris George, Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality - Pre-mortem Exercise with John Combes, M.D.,
AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance - Using Daily Goals Intervention with Chris Goeschel, Keystone Center
- Eliminating Central Line Infections
- Learning from Defects Exercise
- Team Planning and Discussion
September 24 – Web Conference: Coding for MRSA, CDC Visit
- Coding for MRSA: Is a Strong Process in place
with Will Shelton, Swedish Medical Center - Update from HHS Meeting: CDC’s Next Visit
- MRSA Legislation: Questions and Getting Ready
October 27 - MRSA, Eliminating Hospital Acquired Infections, and the Culture of Patient Safety
- Setting Our Goal: Eliminating Hospital Acquired Infection by 2012
- Public Display of Infection Information and Validation Process
with David Birnbaum, Department of Health - ICU Safe Care Discussion on Improving Culture
with Chris George, Keystone Center
November 17 - Web Conference - Urinary Tract Infections
- Simple, Yet Effective Strategies to Eliminate Hospital Acquired
Urinary Tract Infections
with Jeanette Harris, MultiCare Health System
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