Jorge Palacios
December 8, 2013
California Department of Public Health (CDPH-CHCQ-HAI)
Re: Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections(HAI)
Dear Mr. Palacios,
Once again please allow me to thank you and your staff
at the California Department of Public
Health for all that you do concerning patient safety, I really appreciated it.
Below is a comment I made
today on Linked-in site put up by the National Association for Healthcare
Quality (NAHQ). Linked-in provides a
closed discussion group that I routinely introduce my thoughts for my advocacy
for the prevention of HAI in our Veteran’s Hospitals.
There seems to be no
proven path for my advocacy and I appreciate the opportunity provided by the
California Department of Public Health and all of those in healthcare that I
challenge on a daily basis to find one.
Once again, thank you and all of the staff at the California
Department of Public Health for all that you do for those in need in the Great
State of California!
Best regards,
Michael H. Slavinski
“Lessons from Aviation safety that apply despite differences
in Healthcare”
OK, a call to action, from a successful organization I
belonged to, it was in the aviation field but we were pretty much cannibals, it
was the only way those planes would fly, “budgetary problems”!
“Knowledge is king”,
that was part of boot camp, here is the article that launched my advocacy for
the prevention of Healthcare Associated
Infections(HAI) in our Veteran’s hospitals. The positive nature of the article caught
my attention, the cost saving , low tech process improvements and inspirational
comments from the stake holders inspired me to send a copy to the
POTUS(Commander in Chief).
Here is something I am looking into now from the American Association
of Critical Care Nurses(AACCN)
Hard fought battle, not even close, Pam Kehaly, President
Anthem Blue Cross, and her staff, the “hai-five”, had my wife and I down for
lunch and the Commander in Chief sent me some cool swag.
My advice, stay
positive and a comment I stole from Ms.
Kehaly’s statement to the six or seven thousand nurses that work for her at
Anthem Blue Cross here in California, “have
fun”!
Ps profound knowledge gained from my advocacy,
The V.A. only answers to the commander in Chief.
The only way for my advocacy to help the Vets is to prevent
HAI worldwide, no problem! We ask of the VA to do far too much with far too
little in my opinion.
Where does do all of these cost and life saving strategies go
to be monitored and continuously improved (please support the “Database of Best
Practices for the Prevention of HAI” currently housed at the California
Department of Public Health. Jorge.Palacios@cdph.ca.gov
Never write when your team is losing and per Deming, “no one
comes to work wanting to do a bad job”!
The happy crowd including the wife, windy, 50deg, pouring rain, in front of Battery World!
These kids are freezing!
Guess who!
Veterans
Happy holidays!
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