Saving 100,000 Lives Campaign

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

effecting positive change in patient safety/advocacy web site launched

9/09/05

the american nurses association is working as a strategic partner with the institute for healthcare improvement (ihi) in the saving 100,000 lives campaign, which aims to educate nurses and others on ways to enhance patient safety in the hospital setting. this breakthrough campaign provides a unique opportunity for nurses to make an impact in effecting positive change in patient safety/advocacy at individual hospitals and across the nation.

over 2500 hospitals throughout all 50 states and the district of columbia have already signed on. nursing involvement directly supports ana's patient safety/advocacy strategic imperative. by effecting positive change around issues that are so critical to nursing and its future, ana is advancing its ultimate goal, patient safety and quality nursing care.

hospitals can implement any or all of the programs with evidence-based interventions to improve quality and patient safety including:

• deployment of rapid response teams (that include nurses)
  
• delivery of reliable, evidence-based care for acute myocardial infarction
  
• prevention of adverse drug events (ades)
  
• prevention of central line infections
  
• prevention of surgical site infections
  
• prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia
  

ana has developed educational materials to help nurses get hospitals involved in the campaign. visit to the patient safety/advocacy web site to learn more...

[WashYaHands]

Thanks for the link, Karen. I had the opportunity to attend the 2004 IHI Quality Conference where Dr. Don Berwick kicked off the 100,000 Lives Campaign. If you would like to watch a video of his speech you can go to http://www.ihi.org click on 100,000 Lives campaign link, scroll down and click on "speech announcing the campaign". It's about an hour long. The first 2 minutes is dry, but Don Berwick is an inspiring motivational speaker and a leader in improving the quality of healthcare both nation wide and internationally. He lays out the plan for the campaign.

Linda

[JentheRN05, RN]

I know our hospital is involved in the 100000 lives campaign!