Safer Healthcare Now! Day, 2010

​The following presentations were delivered at Safer Healthcare Now! Day, 2010.  Please click the links below to learn what others have been saying about patient safety and quality improvement.

Objectives

• Hear the future direction for Safer Healthcare Now!
• Rapid Fire presentations from faculty
• Learn about launched Getting Started Kits on:
• Controlling Superbugs
• Preventing Falls
• Medication Reconciliation in Home Care
• Acquire strategies for success in challenging times

Session		Presenter
Presentations
What’s Happening with Safer Healthcare Now!?		Hugh MacLeod, CEO, CPSI
Rapid Fire and Awards – Part 1
1.  Falls		Cynthia Majewski
2.  Ventilator Associated Pneumonia		Sherissa Microys & Paule Bernier
3.  Central Line Infections		Sherissa Microys & Paule Bernier
4.  Controlling Superbugs		Paige Reason
5.  Surgical Site Infection		Claude Laflamme
New Knowledge with high impact! - Skin Prep Changes in the OR		Rabih Darouiche, MD
Positive Deviance in Action		Dr. Michael Gardam
Going Beyond Islands of Excellence		Joe McCannon, Tanis Rollefstad
Catch a Glimpse! - Safer Healthcare Now! Web Based Submission Demo		Seth Rudin and Virginia Flintoft
An Innovative Perspective Towards Improving Patient Care:  Local and International Learnings		Joe McCannon
Preventing Falls – New Getting Started Kit!		Heather McConnell
Handling the Challenges: Safe Surgery Saves Lives Checklist		Bryce Taylor and Gillian Gravely
Medication Reconciliation in Home Care - the New Getting Started Kit!		Debbie Conrad, Margaret Colquhoun and Catherine Butler
Rapid Fire and Awards – Part 2
1.  Acute Myocardial Infarction		Dannie Currie
2.  Medication Reconciliation in Acute and Long-term Care		Margaret Colquhoun
3.  Medication Reconciliation in Home Care		Debbie Conrad
4.  Rapid Response Teams		Sherissa Microys & Paul Bernier
5.  Venous Thromboembolism		William Geerts & Lynn Riley