LAMMICO Patient Safety Award and Grant

The 2022-2023 Patient Safety Award and Grant program focuses on two topics: one for hospitals, “Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention,” and one for ambulatory surgery centers, “Hands: the Connection to Infection.”

Hospitals: Healthcare had been making strides in reducing infections associated with central lines - until last year. Of all hospital-associated infections, the CLABSI rate increased the most. The heightened CLABSI incidence is likely attributed to a lack of infection-prevention activities involving central-line insertion and maintenance practices.
Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways to prevent the transmission of microorganisms on the hands of healthcare personnel. Proper hand hygiene removes those microbes and prevents exposure to patients during care delivery. Healthcare personnel must be familiar with hand hygiene recommendations and consistently adhere to them.

AWARD
The award is open to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Applicants are not required to be underwritten by LAMMICO to participate.

The hospital that demonstrates the best improvements (in policies, procedures, protocols and/or processes) related to a reduction in CLABSI, or the ambulatory surgery center that demonstrates the best improvements (in policies, procedures, protocols and/ or processes) related to improvement in hand hygiene compliance rates will be awarded:

A $10,000 grant to the winner to be used for nursing professional development
- One-year risk manager membership to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM)
- One-year complimentary membership to Medical Interactive Community for all employees to access our risk management CME/CNE/MOC courses online
A $5,000 grant to the second place participant to be used for nursing professional development
- One-year risk manager membership to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM)
- One-year complimentary membership to Medical Interactive Community for all employees to access our risk management CME/CNE/MOC courses online

For more information about each award topic and to download an application, please use the drop-down menu below.

Completed applications are due May 31, 2023.

Please contact LAMMICO’s Hospital Risk Management Specialist, Lynne Vega, BSN, RN, CNOR (E) at lvega@lammico.com or 504.841.2738 for additional inquiries and to submit your application.

Award Description

The application period for this award begins August 22, 2022, and ends May 31, 2023. Entries must be received by midnight of the posted application due date. Promotion is subject to local, state and federal laws, and is void where prohibited. Application submission implies acceptance of and agreement with award rules and conditions.

Background Information

Healthcare had been making strides in reducing infections associated with central lines; however, in the third quarter of 2020, the CDC reported a 53% increase in the number of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), compared to the same group of hospitals in 2019. Of all the hospital-associated infections, the CLABSI rate increased the most. The heightened CLABSI incidence is likely attributed to a lack of infection prevention activities involving central line insertion and maintenance practices.

LAMMICO’s learning management system includes an educational activity, “Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention,” offered free of charge to Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee hospitals. This program provides an overview of strategies to help prevent CLABSIs, and the associated consequences.

To access the learner activity, please use the following link
https://medicalinteractive.com/courses/51086

Award Entry

No purchase is necessary to apply for the grant or to win. Hospital applicants will enter by submitting this application. After the hospital staff complete the educational activity, assess and analyze your current CLABSI rates to determine a baseline measurement.

Review your current policies, procedures, protocols and/or processes to identify opportunities for improvement to reduce the CLABSI rate and improve patient safety. Assess and analyze your CLABSI rates after implementation of changes. Report your changes and impact. To participate in the 2022-23 LAMMICO Patient Safety Award and Grant program, applicants are required to submit hard copy (print) or digital (electronic) examples of changes and improvements made to their current policy, procedure, protocol, and/or process and the amount of improvement that was realized in your CLABSI rates (rates may be for the entire hospital or a particular unit).

Eligibility

The award is open to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Applicants are not required to be underwritten by LAMMICO to participate.

Selection

To further enhance your efforts toward patient safety, LAMMICO sponsors this Award and Grant for the hospital that demonstrates the best improvements (in policies, procedures, protocols and/or processes) related to a reduction in CLABSI, or the ASC that demonstrates the best improvements in hand hygiene compliance rates, as determined by a committee of LAMMICO Risk Management professionals. All judging decisions are final.

Prizes

The hospital that demonstrates the best improvements related to a reduction in CLABSI rates will be awarded:

A $10,000 grant to the winner to be used for nursing professional development
One-year risk manager membership to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM)
One-year complimentary membership to Medical Interactive Community for all employees to access our risk management CME/CNE/MOC courses online
A $5,000 grant to the second place participant to be used for nursing professional development
One-year risk manager membership to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM)
One-year complimentary membership to Medical Interactive Community for all employees to access our risk management CME/CNE/MOC courses online

Winner Notification

Winners will be notified within 15 days after determination date. Employees of LAMMICO will communicate directly with winning facility representatives to coordinate prize distribution, announcements and celebration logistics.

General Conditions

Contestants hereby grant LAMMICO a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to broadcast, publish, store, reproduce, distribute, syndicate, and otherwise use and exhibit the Submission (along with submitted names, motivational communication samples, voices, performance, images, and/or likenesses obtained as a result of this Submission) in all media for the purposes of trade or advertising without further compensation. The official rules are subject to modification by LAMMICO. In the event of a dispute, all decisions made by LAMMICO are binding and final.

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Award Description

Background Information

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways to prevent the transmission of microorganisms on the hands of healthcare personnel. Proper hand hygiene removes those microbes and prevents exposure to patients during care delivery. Healthcare personnel must be familiar with hand hygiene recommendations and consistently adhere to them.

LAMMICO’s learning management system includes an educational activity, “Hands: the Connection to Infection,” offered free of charge to Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee ambulatory surgery centers. This program discusses the importance of hand hygiene in the healthcare setting. Information is also presented that will enable the learner to select the proper hand hygiene techniques in various clinical settings.

To access the learner activity, please use the following link:
https://medicalinteractive.com/courses/50748

Award Entry

No purchase is necessary to apply for the grant or to win. Ambulatory surgery center applicants will enter by submitting this application. After the ambulatory surgery center staff complete the educational activity, assess and analyze your current hand hygiene compliance rates to determine a baseline measurement.

Review your current policies, procedures, protocols and/or processes to identify opportunities for improvement to increase hand hygiene compliance rates and improve patient safety. Assess hand hygiene compliance rates before implementation of any changes. After implementation of changes, assess and analyze your hand hygiene compliance rates. Report your changes and impact. To participate in the 2022-23 LAMMICO Patient Safety Award and Grant program, applicants are required to submit hard copy (print) or digital (electronic) examples of changes and improvements made to their current policy, procedure, protocol, and/or process and the amount of improvement that was realized in your hand hygiene compliance rates (rates may be for the entire surgery center or a particular unit).

Since hand hygiene is a significant factor in infection prevention, monitor the surgical site infection rates of your facility during the same pre- and post-implementation periods for any improvement that might be related to hand hygiene.

Eligibility

The award is open to ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Applicants are not required to be underwritten by LAMMICO to participate.

Selection

To further enhance your efforts toward patient safety, LAMMICO sponsors this Award and Grant for the ambulatory surgery center that demonstrates the best improvements (in policies, procedures, protocols and/or processes) related to improvement in hand hygiene compliance rates, or the hospital that demonstrates the best improvements related to a reduction in CLABSI, as determined by a committee of LAMMICO Risk Management professionals. All judging decisions are final.

Prizes

The ambulatory surgery center that demonstrates the best improvement in hand hygiene compliance rates will be awarded:

A $10,000 grant to the winner to be used for nursing professional development
One-year risk manager membership to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM)
One-year complimentary membership to Medical Interactive Community for all employees to access our risk management CME/CNE/MOC courses online
A $5,000 grant to the second place participant to be used for nursing professional development
One-year risk manager membership to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM)
One-year complimentary membership to Medical Interactive Community for all employees to access our risk management CME/CNE/MOC courses online

Winner Notification

General Conditions

DOWNLOAD THE 2022-2023 APPLICATION