Now in its third year, Medline has provided more than $1.6 million in grant funding to frontline healthcare workers researching evidence-based solutions and interventions that CMS has declared as preventable, including pressure ulcers, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and others.
Medline’s 2011 Prevention Above All Discoveries Grant recipients are:
1. Ohio State University Hospital: Quick Room Turnaround Time Ultraviolet Light Disinfection for Decreasing HAI
2. University of Iowa Hospital: Sensor Technology for Tracking and Displaying Bed Elevation Data for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
3. Good Samaritan Hospital: Testing Patient Education Handbooks
4. Abbotsford Regional Hospital: Using GRASP as Home Treatment for Upper Extremity Paresis Post-Stroke
5. Cambridge Health Alliance Harvard Medical Center: A Standardized Process of Preoperative Body Cleansing with Comfort Bath Cleansing Washcloths Compared to Sage 2 Percent Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cloths to Reduce Prosthetic Joint Infections at Cambridge Hospital
6. Provena St. Joseph Medical Center: Falls Risk Assessment Study
7. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes Jewish Hospital: Incidence of falls among oncology patients who are cared for by family caregivers within their home
8. Foundation for Quality Care: Warfarin Safety Pilot Program
9. Wellstar Health System: The Effectiveness of Team Training on Fall Reduction
10. Kaweah Delta Development Foundation: Recognizing early and rapidly treating potentially at-risk floor patients with an enhanced rapid response system
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