Maryland Patient Safety Center

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Maryland Patient Safety Center

• Emergency Department Collaborative
• ZeAmma Walker, MHSA
• Stephen Schenkel, MD, MPP

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• In partnership with.
• Maryland Chapter,
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• and
• Maryland State Council of theEmergency Nurses
  Association

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• Co-chairs
• Stephen Schenkel, MD, MPP
• Maryland Chapter of theAmerican College of
  Emergency Physicians
• David McAllister, RN
• Maryland State Council of theEmergency Nurses
  Association

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ICU Safety Culture Collaborative Goals

• Eliminate deadly catheter-related blood stream
  infections
• Eliminate ventilator-associated pneumonia
• Reduce ICU and hospital death rates by 30
• Improve the culture of safety in our ICUs by 50

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ICU Safety Culture Collaborative
Congress Guides Publications
Participants (38 ICU teams)
Prework
Pre-Safety Culture Survey
Post-Safety Culture Survey
WS 1
WS 3
WS 2
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Dr. Stephen Schenkel
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Question

• What are the biggest patient safety challenges
  you see in your ED?

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Clinical Change Package
Patient Flow and Hand-offs
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Sepsis
Pneumonia
Stroke
Culture
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Improving Flow Hand-Offs Changing the Culture

• How would you bring about change?
• How would you measure your progress?

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Clinical Change Package
Patient Flow and Hand-offs
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Sepsis
Pneumonia
Stroke
Culture
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PneumoniaSepsisAMIStroke

• How would you bring about change?
• How would you measure your progress?

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Draft Packages
Patient Flow and Hand-offs
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Sepsis
Pneumonia
Stroke
Culture
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Wrap-Up

• Comments, questions, and concerns
• Thank you