It's not just good luck.
Kindred leaves nothing to
chance in its fierce determi-
nation to keep patients (and
staff) as safe as possible.
Every step of the sterilization
and decontamination process
is spelled out in detail and
monitored. And everyone has
a role to play, including physi-
cians. "In many ORs and pro-
cedure rooms, the physician
dictates what's going to hap-
pen. We don't allow that,"
says Debbie Munoz, RN, MH,
the infection control practi-
tioner. "If a physician wants to skip a step, or not do things the way we
want them done, the procedure doesn't happen."
In fact, says Chief Clinical Officer Jacqueline Chase, RN, MSN(L),
BSN, CCRN, when new physicians resist, "We look at it as: Maybe
we're not the facility for them."
Secrets of our success
Here are some of the steps Kindred has taken to achieve its amazing
success rate:
• Procedures that were commonly done at bedside in the past are
now done exclusively in a procedure room. "We have more control
over the traffic and the procedure itself," says Special Procedure
Technician Julie Spallino, CRCST, CHL, CFER, AGTS, CNA. If a proce-
dure must be done in the ICU, the room is terminally cleaned by envi-
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• NO SHORTCUTS The underside of the gurney can be a breeding ground for
bacteria. At Kindred Hospital, housekeeping cleans both the top and the bottom.
Julie
Spallino,
CRCST,
CHL,
CFER,
AGTS,
CNA
