We want to recognize Sara Means, CT Tech, for stopping the line. She protected patient safety by correctly stopping the line when two patient identifiers didn’t match. Another example of a recent Stop the Line story was last week when a patient's blood was received for a nuclear medicine study. Upon packaging the blood to be sent off and tagged with radioactive isotope, … [Read more...]
Hand Hygiene Winners – April 3
Congratulations to our hand hygiene winners who have been recognized for their exceptional hand hygiene practices! Jenna Winert, RN, Birthing Center Every other week, we will select two HMSL employees who have been acknowledged for their hand hygiene practices on Kudos Cards. Each winner will be awarded a pair of movie tickets. Questions? Contact Rashna Barge … [Read more...]
Hand Hygiene Winners – February Unit Award
Congratulations to our top performing Hand Hygiene Kudos Cards Units for February 2017. 5 West won by a wide margin for the most Kudos Cards dated in February. They were runner up last month. They will be awarded a pizza party for both day and night shifts, and temporary “ownership” of the Hand Hygiene trophy (passed the next month to that winning unit). 5 West Questions? … [Read more...]
Doreen Singh is Now Medical-Surgical Director
Doreen Singh RN, MSN has been promoted to medical-surgical director. Doreen will assume responsibility for 4 East, 5 East, 6 East and 6 West. Tiffany Bell will continue to manage 4 West, 5 West, Brazos 5 and Brazos 6. Doreen has been with HMSL since 2002 and functioned in numerous roles such as ICU nurse, house supervisor, FSA administrator and nine years as nurse manager of … [Read more...]
Hand Hygiene Winners – March 20
Congratulations to our hand hygiene winners who have been recognized for their exceptional hand hygiene practices! Jeanne Marie Mukamanzi, RN & Cassandra Baxter, RN - Main 5 West Every other week, we will select two HMSL employees who have been acknowledged for their hand hygiene practices on Kudos Cards. Each winner will be awarded a pair of movie … [Read more...]