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Prisma Health Children’s Hospital has many reasons to celebrate! MIDLANDS
Children’s Hospital has heart!
Sepsis alert tool piloted
Coordinated in conjunction with Child Life at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Midlands, Valentine’s Day brought a special edition of the Sandstorm Buddies, founded by USC football player Spencer Eason-Riddle (see first picture). This partnership with the South Carolina Gamecocks’ Athletics department brings student-athletes to the hospital weekly to brighten our patients’ day. For Valentine’s Day, the student-athletes created homemade cards for pediatric inpatients.
Sepsis is the leading cause of pediatric deaths worldwide. In its early stages, sepsis can be difficult to recognize or differentiate from other illnesses. To help identify early signs of sepsis, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Midlands has partnered with Cerner to become a pilot site for an electronic medical record-driven pediatric sepsis alert tool. The alert and sepsis order set were implemented in our Children’s Emergency Center in April 2019 and on our first inpatient unit in November. Our aim is to use this tool, along with clinical reasoning, to improve patient outcomes through early recognition of sepsis and delivery of evidence-based care.
In the Upstate, partners Entercom Upstate and Magic 98.9 dropped off hundreds of heartfelt greetings for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Upstate patients (see second picture). These cards were donated from participants throughout our community. Afterward, an 11-year-old patient crafted a gratitude card that was sent to all those who donated to the event.
Quality celebrated in 2019 In FY19, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Midlands recorded a 30% reduction in all harms, 40% reduction in hospital-acquired infections and 60% reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). For example, the neonatal ICU at Prisma Health Richland Hospital worked diligently to reduce CLABSIs by focusing on environmental care, device use and midline catheters. As a member of Solutions for Patient Safety, a national children’s hospital quality collaborative, we benefit from the “all teach, all learn” platform by working with more than 130 children’s hospitals to implement best practices around preventing hospital-acquired conditions and providing foundations for patient safety.
Dance Marathon tops $1M Congratulations to the University of South Carolina Dance Marathon for raising $1,016,822 for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Midlands!
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