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Positive Deviance proven to lower MRSA rates |
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Plexus Institute today announced the results of a Positive Deviance program, trialed to see the effects it had on MRSA rates. The story caught my eye because I’ve written a couple of stories about Positive Deviance for Briefings on Patient Safety in 2007 and 2008, and the idea always struck me as something so simple, yet so empowering. Positive Deviance solicits ideas for solving a problem from those who deal with that problem often and may think of a solution that might be considered “out of the norm,” but one that works. It’s an approach that attempts to gather behavioral change from those frontline workers who solve problems with the same resources as their peers.
Using Positive Deviance to lower MRSA rates has succeeded, as it was announced at the annual scientific meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America this past weekend. The study began in 2006 and introduced the idea of Positive Deviance into three hospitals from different parts of the country. Each hospital was to use Positive Deviance to help carry out the following three actions:
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Pemutakhiran Terakhir ( Friday, 27 March 2009 )
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Health Care Workers Battle Super Bugs |
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CBS Evening News: Hospital Employees Taking Innovative Steps To Curb The Spread Of Deadly Infections
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PHILADELPHIA, March 22, 2009 | by Michelle Miller
(CBS) Going to a hospital can be hazardous to your health.
Among the leading dangers is MRSA, a lethal bacteria, that can easily be spread by healthcare workers. But as CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports, a new study reveals how those same workers are coming up with effective ways to greatly reduce the chances of infecting others...
..Since implementing the policy in 2006, Einstein Medical Center has cut its MRSA infections by 30 percent: 19 fewer infections in 2007. At five other healthcare facilities also using PD, infection rates dropped by up to 60 percent...
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Pemutakhiran Terakhir ( Friday, 27 March 2009 )
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UPDATE: Arvind Singhal and Karen Greiner document the VA Pittsburgh Heathcare System MRSA Prevention |
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Storytelling is an Art. When it comes to portraying the struggle against great odds, there is no better artist than Arvind Singhal. In the words of Dr. Singhal and Karen Greiner, their account of the VA Pittsburgh's fight against MRSA was, "...[a representation of] a unique illustration of collaboration, co-writing, co-creation, and co-reflection between the authors and the key protagonists of this story."
The fascinating story of the VA Pittsburgh Heathcare System MRSA Prevention Initiative can be followed http ://www.positivedeviance.org/projects/pittmrsa/VAPHS_Singhal_Greiner.pdf
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Pemutakhiran Terakhir ( Tuesday, 26 May 2009 )
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VA Pittsburgh Heathcare System MRSA Prevention Initiative |
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In July of 2005 VAPHS incorporated the Positive Deviance approach in its efforts to foster leadership support of staff-owned and operated implementation of transmission-based precautionary program hospital wide.
Read more information go :http://www.positivedeviance.org/projects/pittmrsa/pittsburgh.pdf
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Pemutakhiran Terakhir ( Friday, 27 March 2009 )
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