Sps Talk

In the newest episode of SPS Talk, we hear from the CLABSI work stream co-leads Marjorie McCaskey, DNP, RN-BC, CPHQ, Clinical Outcomes and Quality Adviser for Nursing and Director of Nursing Professional Development at Children’s of Alabama, and Dr. Elizabeth Mack, Professor of Pediatrics, Division Director of Pediatric Critical Care, University Faculty Ombuds, and Medical Director of GME Quality and Safety at the Medical University of South Carolina. Listen as they discuss the network’s top ten CLABSI prevention questions such as: How should we compare ourselves to other hospitals? What happens when your clinicians don’t agree with the IP’s CLABSI call? Does everyone call CLABSIs the same? What happens when we can’t get CHG wipes, when families refuse CHG treatment, or when we have a shortage of products? These are only three of the ten questions so make sure to tune in for more information on CLABSI prevention. If you have any questions on the CLABSI work stream, the discussion, or the upcoming SPS Le

We encourage you to listen to this 8-minute podcast with Dr. Amrit Gill, the Patient Safety Officer for Cleveland Clinic Children’s. On this podcast, Dr. Gill highlighted the important role of physicians in keeping the safety momentum moving forward. One way that she recommends doing this is by celebrating successes. Additionally, she encouraged physician leaders to see challenges and setbacks as a learning opportunity by sharing lessons learned. She shared the role of physician leaders in closing the loop with staff by talking about how they are working to resolve issues from past safety rounds as well as assigning owners to new problems.  Additionally, she remarked that there is immense power in storytelling—these stories motivate and re-energize the listeners to continue to work towards making things safer. She encouraged physicians to set goals and make plans so that we can “together keep our patients safe.”

We encourage you to listen to this 7-minute podcast with Dr. Claudia Hoyen, Director of Pediatric Innovation and Medical Director, Peds Infection Control, UH/Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. In our drive to eliminate serious harm in children’s hospitals, we know we have to find new solutions, and as part of this effort, SPS has launched a new innovations program. On this podcast, Dr. Hoyen, a co-leader for this new program, shared innovation work that is being done at her hospital. At Rainbow, they’ve been working hard to reduce CLABSIs. After many huddles, the hospital found that the lines of their patients who had GI issues had somehow become compromised and ended in places where they didn’t belong. Following this realization, Dr. Hoyen met a couple who had just formed a company called CareAline. The couple invented CareAline wraps, wraps that can be safely tucked away when the central line is not in use, out of a direct need for their child who was a patient at Rainbow. The success of the wraps in