Hi
On the CUSP Stop BSI is a groundbreaking national program to improve patient safety. It is our Polio campaign of the 21st century. With efforts, with more volunteers than any standing army in history, the word has virtually eliminated polio. We now need to do the same for central line associated blood stream infections.
Many of us have led large scale collaborative projects, but no one has ever done a data rich national project that offers hope of improving the culture of safety in hospitals and measurably improving infection rates. It will not be easy, no one has done this before; yet with 30,000 to 62,000 dying from these infections a year in the U.S, we have no choice, we have to succeed. It will require the leadership of all of you.
I am eager to learn with you, to reduce infections and improve culture, and to build capacity to tackle the next problem. Our team is excited about participating in this historic project and the potential this holds as a method for reducing infections, and improving the often toxic culture of medicine. I am curious, what excites YOU about participating in this project?
Warmly,
Peter
I am usually in the mind set of preventative thinking versus reactive. Yes, the cause is in a sense reactionary but everything the teams are working on now are for prevention and better precautions for those we serve-our patients.
ReplyDeleteI am thrilled to be working on a project that can reach so many and is why I recently entered the nursing profession-to make a difference (no matter how big or small)!
Lisa M. Krebs, MS(c), RN
I just want to comment on how successful having the face to face state mtg with Peter and CHris was for SC! Peter truely connects the culture pieces in ways that staff can relate to. It is so refreshing coming from a physician. Long gone are the days of just providing a "cure all tool" for the hospitals to implement. If you don't live it, breathe it and do it, transparency and team work are just words. One of our ID docs said "I really didnt want to do this because we have so many projects we are working on and they are all floundering. Now I KNOW why they are floundering. The CUSP model is powerful. I need to figure out how to use it for all our projects......"
ReplyDeleteChris was also wonderful in providing clarity and direction on the logistics for the project. As one person said...."I THOUGHT I had already done this work ~ until I got here!
It was a great day for SC and one that I know made a big difference in our hospitals! Thank you Peter and Chris!