Mr. Palacios, thought you might be interested in this as
more public support for your efforts!
Dear Ms. Fraser,
Thank you Ms. Fraser for highlighting a critical issue, the
fact that it was posted in the U.T. is most heartening. My wife and I just
moved back here to Vista, northern San Diego County, good to know there is something
in that paper other than the “Filner Headlock”.
You have to choose
between the L.A. Times and the U.T., which absorbed the North County Times so
we get the L.A. Times delivered daily and the U.T. on the weekends for $20 a year.
Here is what inspired my advocacy, “hai-five” dedicated to the Prevention of
Healthcare Associated Infections(HAI) in our Veteran’s Hospitals:
And now the
U.T. kicks out this article, cool stuff, I guess I forgot to mention my wife
was a bean counter for Coply News services, they owned the U.T. back in the
day.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services all forms of HAI are preventable, the answers are buried deep in
a silo near you, a hospital is California has not had a Centerline Associated
Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) in nearly eight years, thousands in
California will lose their life this year needlessly due to CLABSI.
Currently my advocacy is highlighting the
efforts of the California Department of Public Health(CDPH) to develop a “Database
of Best Practices for the Prevention of HAI” to be available and improved by
all healthcare professionals worldwide, feel free to contact the CDPH via Mr.
Palacios, feel free to use my password, “freedomofinformationact”:
Once again, thank you Ms. Fraser for making my day, the “5
steps to create a culture of patient safety” is pretty much the answer from
what I have found out over the past couple of years, all this for a few old Jarheads.
Not too sure what they think of my efforts up at the CDPH, leaves me to assume
they have a good sense of humor!
Michael H. Slavinski
Cc: Jorge Palacios, C.D.P.H.
Healthcare Associated Infections
"If we can improve the quality of care, that will
translate into lower cost," Anthem President Pam Kehaly said. "These
are real dollars”
p.s. The picture, "good by wine country"
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