C. difficile Prevention Partnership Workshop November 15, 2011
Massachusetts CDI Prevention Collaboratives Paula Griswold, MA Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors Helen Magliozzi, Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation 2007-2009 DPH, Coalition Infection Prevention in Hospitals 2009-2011 CDC, DPH, Coalition, Masspro C. difficile Infection Prevention in Hospitals 2009 – now DPH, Coalition, MHA, MMS, Masspro, et al. STAAR -State Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations 2011- July 2012 CDC, DPH, Coalition, Mass Senior Care, Masspro C. difficile Infection Prevention Partnership in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities
Program Objectives List two strategies that hospital teams completing the 2 year Collaborative used to prevent transmission of C. difficile in their organizations. Describe one process from hospital teams about their experience on how you can engage front-line staff as active participants in improving and sustaining optimal infection control practices. List three optimal prevention practices for long term care facilities, and how these differ from acute care hospitals. Establish a working relationship during this program and over the next month with your partner organizations to develop a plan to engage your front-line staff in testing and spreading good infection prevention practice in your home organizations, and improving communications across the continuum of care.
Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors C. Difficile Prevention Partnership Collaborative: Bringing Together Hospitals & Skilled Nursing Facilities Sharon Benjamin, PhD sharon@sharonbenjamin.com For the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors www.macoalition.org
Objectives for the day (S. Benjamin) The purpose of my work today is to: Demonstrate, discuss, teach and support the adoption of change strategies that incorporate proven, new methods and techniques to accelerate successful change initiatives. Provoke thoughtful discussion around approaches for sustaining change momentum in individual facilities. Elicit enthusiastic participation moving beyond infection control experts
Spontaneous & Speedy Networking Find someone you don’t know. Introduce yourself. Each person take 1 minute to answer the following: The reason my facility is involved today is…………….. I hope that I leave today with……………………. Change partners when the bell sounds
Design for the Collaborative Work We’re Doing Based on experiential learning with a minimal amount of “telling” and a maximum of self-discovery New techniques and methods introduced and woven in for you to learn and use Application to your challenges We seek to draw out and build on the direct experience of you and everyone in the room We will search for the minimum structure to liberate the maximum innovation
Problems & Opportunities Awareness Iceberg 4% known to top 9% known to middle 74% known to supervisors 100% known to the front line & patients Adapted from study conducted by Sidney Yoshida, initially presented at the International Quality Symposium