Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety

Dr. Stephen Muething, whose insights and leadership have been pivotal over the years, will be pulling back from his role as strategic advisor for our network. Many thanks to Dr. Muething for helping us pilot the journey to zero harm – saving more than 27,000 children from harm through his leadership, stewardship, and relentless pursuit of high reliability. Wishing him all the best in his future endeavors! 💙 #sharesafety

Meet our talented overexertion prevention co-leaders! 🤗 Laura Alexander, MHSc, CRSP (The Hospital for Sick Children), Alia Fink, MS, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ (Children's National Hospital), Melissa Mancuso, PT, MS, CPST (Cohen Children's Medical Center), Cathy McDonnell, BSN, RN, CPHQ, CPHRM, CPPS (CHOC Children's), and Amanda Scott, CIH, CSP, CMLSO (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) are passionate advocates for overexertion prevention in both clinical & non-clinical pediatric hospital work. They supported the design and execution of SPS's innovative "Executive to Frontline" Overexertion Improvement Cohort, offering insights into optimizing hospital experience and pursuing cohort results — and what tremendous results this cohort has to share! Stay tuned for an exciting update! Thank you to our overexertion co-leaders for all you do to keep our kids safe 💙 #sharesafety #zeroharm

Congratulations to Alberta Children's Hospital for being named the SPS Hospital of the Month for July! #sharesafety #ZEROHARM Alberta Health Services https://lnkd.in/gehyMDU3

SPS Project Managers: You've got mail! 📬 This week's newsletter provides important network updates regarding our upcoming CEO Webinar, the next "Today's CLABSI Climate" webinar, and more! Find the newsletter in your email & on SharePoint #sharesafety

SPS Members: Join us in Chicago for SPS Fall In-Person Board Training on Sept. 12-13! 👏   SPS encourages hospitals' board members/board chairs and their quality & safety committee to attend. CEOs and senior leaders who regularly interact with board members would also benefit from this training. Please note this is for SPS hospitals only.   To register, please contact your hospital's SPS project manager or reach out to the OCHSPS inbox 📧 #sharesafety #zeroharm

Meet the SPS Clinical Steering Committee: Trey Coffey, MD, FAAP, FRCP(C), The Hospital for Sick Children. https://bit.ly/3xbdqmE

Reminder 🚨 SPS has been featured on Dr. Todd Conklin's Pre-Accident Investigation Podcast! Part three of the SPS roundtable discussion is out now: https://bit.ly/4c2fpbS 🎧 Joyce Deptola, RN, Anne Lyren, MD, MSc, Jennifer Riddle, Lakshmi Srinivasan, MD, FAAP, and Lara Wood, MN, RN, CPN, CPPS explore the importance of asking the right questions and fostering a proactive safety culture in this three-part series #sharesafety

Congratulations to the winner of our CLABSI innovation survey: University Hospitals/Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital 👏 They created a dedicated central line nursing team that places PICC lines and manages all central lines in all ICUs throughout the hospital. This team also identifies patients at an increased risk of CLABSI and collaborates with physicians, quality improvement specialists, clinical team members, and infection prevention staff to mitigate risks. This innovation led to a dramatic decrease in CLABSI rates due to this intervention, including over 1,000 days CLABSI-free in the NICU and over 365 days CLABSI-free in the CTICU!

Meet the SPS Board of Directors: Terri Von Lehmden serves on the SPS Board of Directors and is Vice President of Human Resources at Toyota North America. Since joining Toyota in 2004, Terri Von Lehmden, vice president of human resources at Toyota North America, has been passionate about driving connections and harnessing the power of purpose, culture and career. Her goal has always been to make Toyota a place where team members can dream, do and grow. Read more about Terri: https://bit.ly/4ep0tpP

SPS Project Managers: You've got mail! 📬 This week's newsletter provides important network updates regarding Fall In-Person Board Training, the next "Today's CLABSI Climate" webinar, and more! Find the newsletter in your email & on SharePoint #sharesafety