ICU Safe Care Initiative
Washington State hospitals are among a select group which are invited by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to participate in a two year initiative. This initiative expands skills of ICU physicians and hospital staff in the science of performance so that they can identify and fix defects in our systems and eliminate central line infections. This active learning process is being lead by WSHA staff with content and guidance from Peter Pronovost, M.D., Johns Hopkins University, and Sam Watson of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association's Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality. The initial project between Johns Hopkins and Michigan resulted in:
• nearly 1,800 lives saved
• 129,000 excess hospital days avoided
• $247 million in health care dollars saved
To sign up contact Cat Ernevad at cate@wsha.org or (206) 577-1820.
AHRQ Press Release, February 18,2009
Materials
Toolkit: Identifying and Eliminating Defects -Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit (Complete toolkit formatted for double sided printing) Appendix in MS Word
Toolkit: Eliminating Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (Includes Appendix for easy download)
Monthly Team CheckUp Tool
Transcript of Josie King Video
2010 Schedule of Conference Calls
The content calls for the ICU Safe Care initiative will be on the second Tuesday of each month through August 2010 as listed below. These calls are designed to provide education on specific topics to support hospitals as they implement the ICU Safe Care initiative.
Call in Number: (866) 238-0637; No passcode.
Call title: “CUSP Content Call.”
Presenters: Faculty at Johns Hopkins and Michigan Hospital Association
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
July 13 (Identifying Barriers to Compliance)
August 10
Materials from Past Calls
2010
January 12 (Central Line Dressing Change)
February 9 (Teamwork and Transparency)
March 9 (Morning Briefing and Shadowing)
April 13 (Monthly Team Check-up Tool)
May 11 (Physician Engagement)
June 8 (Nurse Empowerment)
2009
December 8 (Learning From a Defect)
November 10 (implementing Daily Goals)
April 7 (Project Overview)
April 14 (The Science of Safety)
April 21 (Eliminating Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections)
April 28 (CUSP)
May 5 (Building a Team)
May 12 (Physician Engagement)
October 13 Call (Staff Safety Assessment)
Recordings of All Past Calls
Education
Keystone Michigan ICU Experience - Sam Watson
Washington ICU Safe Care - Carol Wagner
Enrollment Documents
ICU Safe Care Fact Sheet
Enrollment Form
Puget Sound Health Alliance Letter of Support