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  3. Outstanding Area of the Month for October, 2024

Outstanding Area of the Month for October, 2024

F6 - Medical Specialties, Outstanding Area of the Month for October 2024

Congratulations! F6 – Medical Specialties, Outstanding Area of the Month for October 2024

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

Data Used to Determine Winner: July 1, 2016 to August 31, 2024
Category RankData
Falls with injury 314 days since last Fall with Injury
Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) 316 days since last HAPI 
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) 687 days since last CAUTI
Clostridium Difficile Infections (CDIFF) 628 days since last CDIFF
Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) 500 days since last CLABSI
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) 363 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.)


Great staff. Very friendly and helpful.

I Appreciate Everything And Everyone For The Best Help I Was Given I Will Continue To Pray For All Of You God Bless

It was good, I didn’t get the news I wanted but the people are great…

All the doctors and nurses are amazing, they listen and ask questions to determine care…Thank you so much to the doctor’s, nurses and custodians.

Patient comments.

Posted by Jean Prince on October 3, 2024

Filed Under: Outstanding Area of the Month

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