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2013
Awards
Circulators Know
When to Start
Antibiotics
Springfield
(Ill.) Clinic
For Mary
Stewart,
RN, BSN,
IN THE BAG Staff at the Springfield
Clinic start antibiotics on time before
chief clini- 94% of cases.
cal officer,
improving your on-time antibiotic
starts begins with measuring the
extent of the problem. "We were
positive our metric was going to be
fine," she says. "But we were
wrong. Our first metric was less
Mary Stewart, RN, BSN
staff members who fail to practice
proper hand hygiene. The managers shout warnings like "Caught
red handed!" or "Hand hygiene
police!" before pulling the trigger.
Ms. Scott says Mena Reese, RN,
DON, came up with the creative
and fun way to point out missed
opportunities.
