3M and its partners convened the group of experts at the fourth annual Infection Prevention Leadership Summit, where they shared ideas, networked and generated dialogue about possible interdisciplinary steps that can be taken to reduce HAIs, with special focus on SSIs. Information and recommendations in the call-to-action resulted from the summit.
To drive reductions in SSIs, the “Educate, Empower, Engage” call-to-action identifies three areas that could increase a healthcare facility’s ability to reduce these types of infections:
1. Educate. Because healthcare institutions are complex and multi-faceted, personnel training must focus on understanding interactions and relationships across departments, demonstrating personal competency, reporting data and outcomes and utilizing electronic medical records.
2. Empower. Healthcare institutions must adopt a culture that delineates responsibility and increases accountability among all personnel, not solely leadership.
3. Engage. Employees should be encouraged to make a psychological investment in patient care, with all disciplines performing their jobs with a level of pride beyond simply achieving formal indicators of success.
The “Educate, Empower, Engage” call-to-action is available for download here.
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