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  3. Outstanding Area of the Month for November, 2024

Outstanding Area of the Month for November, 2024

F9 - Surgical Specialties/ENT/Ortho, Outstanding Area of the Month for November 2024

Congratulations! F9 – Surgical Specialties/ENT/Ortho, Outstanding Area of the Month for November 2024

Based on the clinical indicators below, your unit has been awarded Outstanding Area of the Month for November!!!

Data Used to Determine Winner: July 1, 2016 to Septmeber 30, 2024
Category RankData
Falls with injury 384 days since last Fall with Injury
Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) 563 days since last HAPI 
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) 697 days since last CAUTI
Clostridium Difficile Infections (CDIFF) 1105 days since last CDIFF
Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) 416 days since last CLABSI
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) 498 days since last MRSA

As Outstanding Area of the Month, you will receive the following benefits:

  1. The announcement in the Nurse Recruitment Display outside the Cafeteria and digital bulletin boards throughout campus.
  2. Recognition display in your area.
  3. $5 Care Coin Rewards for each employee.

(CSM, please contact Shanna Rolen at 686-6217 or RolenShannaD@uams.edu in Patient Family Centered Care to obtain $5 Care Coin Rewards for each employee! The employee is defined as FTE included on unit/clinic budget.)


…I was in there for a few days. The doctors and nurses, they all were very professional and I don’t think I could have got care any better anywhere else. They are, they were the best I’ve been in any hospital as far as that goes. And I just wanted to say thank you for the care that you did give me. And I don’t know what I would have done without you. So I appreciate it. Thank you.

All of the nurses and technicians that took care of me during my day or absolutely fabulous. I have been in many hospitals and never experienced that kind of care before. It was truly appreciated.

Every person I dealt with was amazing. Everyone was nice and extremely helpful. I was treated like family the entire time.

Best facility EVER. Best staff EVER. We are spreading the news of excellency for this facility and staff from housekeeping to surgeons. Two employees offered me money for food and coffee as I’d left my bank card, but soon I realized I had enough cash on me. Blessings to ALL employees there!

Everyone I met was very kind and helpful. A lot of patient people when answering questions also.

My nurses were fantastic, very prompt to help and offering any items I needed to make my overnight stay more comfortable. Jim, Barbra and Brady were wonderful.

The attention is very careful and professional, excellent service in all aspects.

Patient comments.

Posted by Jean Prince on November 1, 2024

Filed Under: Outstanding Area of the Month

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