Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Bugs in the rug!


Deborah Burger, R.N.                                           June 9, 2015

Co-President

California Nurses Association

2000 Franklin Street

Oakland, CA 94612

 

Re: Healthcare Associated Infections & the CNA

 

Dear Ms. Burger,

 

 Once again thank you for all that you and the entire membership of the California Nurses Association (CNA) does to help others, as well as our Veterans.

 In my humble opinion the California Nurses Association has a focus on patient safety and is in a positon to influence change. The battle to keep our acute healthcare facilities free of evermore deadly infections is evident in your website:

 


 Efforts such as the CNA’s interest in Ebola protection demonstrates your ability to influence change, fortunately, other than the chaos created by a false alarm and poor communications Californians did not have a single, Healthcare Associated Infections(HAI), thousands of California residents will lose life or limb “this year” with little fanfare.

 The tools are there:

 


Centerline Bloodstream Associated Infections, some hospitals in California, at least one hospital I know in California has not has an occurrence in over eight year leaving me to believe many will suffer needlessly.

All forms of HAI are preventable, adequate staffing is one of the critical components, attitude is perhaps the key to preventing HAI on a large scale, again, in my humble opinion.

 Our Veterans are running out of time, the  wars are now a distant memory for the public, how to do more with less is difficult to accomplish when budgets are cut and hence my advocacy for the prevention of Healthcare Associated Infection in our Veteran’s Hospitals which the CNA is present in every one. Ebola and MERS are dangerous but are over-published minor threats  in our communities.

As a manufacturing community member I do share your objection to the Fast Track proposal, describing who will benefit from it seems to be a major challenge, “if we do not do it China will” offers little comfort to those of us with a vested interest. In exchange for my support, your members are doing great at Tri-City Hospital concerning patient satisfaction but I need that place to be “way over the top”, the routine “A” rating from Leapfrog gives me a lot of hope in your members competency, Quality objectives are a challenge to us all, should your office be able to contribute to the effort I would sincerely appreciate it.

 

Once again, thank you!

Sincerely,

Michael H. Slavinski

 


 

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