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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, said $190,000 is headed to the , which was founded in 2000 and backer bythe , and . The which spans more than 180 plans to create aComprehensive Unit-based Safety Program. Tiffangy Himmelreich, a spokeswoman for the hospital said the program focusesd on reducing bloodstream infections that arise from treatmenft lines hooked upinto patients, particularly heart cathete tubes. Ohio and nine other statex are working to bring practices in line with new national goalx and standards oninfection reduction, she said. The institute and its latesr program are among existing programs that target eliminating preventablehospital errors.
Just this year, ’s foundation and several other groupsw unveiled the Solutions for Patient Safety which includes 16 Central Ohio hospitalds andeight children’s hospitals in the state. That program is backex by $1.5 million from the Dublin health-care giant’sa charitable arm. Himmelreich said more eyes on the problemj are expected to lead tobettedr results. “Hospitals are no stranger to this kind of she said. “We have a lot of regionapl collaborations goingon ...
and since hospitals have had practice with this type of the theoryis it’ll have an impact The program is hopinfg to save lives and Brown’s office said that Michiganb saved more than 1,700 lives and nearlu $250 million in a similar initiative. Himmelreich said Ohio hasn’f calculated a savings estimate or but thinks the tally coul d approach that amassedin Michigan.