Holy Family Medical Center earns quality award

Posted October 02, 2012 3:09 pm

Submitted by Presence Holy Family Medical Center

Holy Family Medical Center, a Long Term Acute Care Hospital, received the 2012 Delivering Quality with Distinction Award from the Illinois Hospital Association.

The hospital’s multidisciplinary approach to reducing infections acquired in the hospital by patients who are on ventilators, significantly reduced the number of cases of an infection known as Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDiff).

“CDiff is a very common infection that patients are prone to getting when they are on ventilators for a length of time,” said Marti Edwards, vice president Patient Care Services. “The CDiff rate at Holy Family went from 26.7 cases per 10,000 over the last two years, to 7.4 cases.”

The IHA received 67 applications for the award and Holy Family was one of three urban area hospitals to be recognized.

For information, visit holyfamilymedicalcenter.reshealth.org/sub_hfmc/default.cfm.

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