California Nurses Association
June 22, 2014
National Nurses Organizing Committee (HQ)
2000 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94612
T. 510-273-2200
F. 510-433-2790
Re: Organizing for the Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections!
To whom it may concern,
Thank you very much
for all that you and your membership do for the wellbeing of the residents of
California, I really appreciate it. The battle to prevent the needless loss of
life and limb and the tremendous fiscal waste in the state of California
associated with Healthcare Associated Infections(HAI), a set of preventable
diseases according to the US Department of Health and Human Services, lies in
the hands of each and every healthcare staff member.
HAI will not be
prevented on a large scale in California without the efforts and leadership
contributed by organized labor.
Our kid recently
completed a tour in the US Peace Corps in Sirigu, Ghana, Africa, her mission
was to “organize” and “educate” concerning resource management and sustainable
agriculture as part of the Masters international program for environmental
policy at Bard College, one of the top environmental policy schools in our
nation.
Ok, no clue, trust
me, grandma just said “liberals”. The focus is the indigenous sheabutter industry , employing exclusively
women in a nearly impossibly conditions, the rainy season the first year was
three months late, misquote nets had not been available to the locals in years with
predictable consequences.
Why would a top notch
environmental school be interested in a project like this? First of all, here
is what the industry in Sirigu looks like:
What was accomplished? From all that I know and not in my
words, “poverty is the greatest threat to the environment”. Next, get outside
of the box, what you are looking at is “sustainable agriculture”, when you buy
sheabutter products, you know where it comes from and as you can see, it all
starts with “organizing”. Healthcare workers are “organized”, the women In the video
were trained in the value of quality, should California Nurse Association choose
to educate their members in quality and safety in the workplace here is where
to start:
Did our kid accomplish
anything, guess so, her thesis won an award along with cash and her work will
be included in the curriculum at Bard and her professor will be in Ghana
shortly for investigation.
Obviously, the environmental
movement is not waiting for the technological revolution or some other form of
grand invention, why should healthcare be? The ACA has opened a lot of doors
and exposed our healthcare system for what it is, needlessly dangerous and
expensive.
Ok, the revolution in
the sheabutter industry has had a little help, S.A.P. did set up a pro-bono
pricing network so the local groups did not have to rely upon local buyers for
market conditions. The “magic beans” for the prevention of HAI exist, they work
at our community hospital, their goal is not to “reduce” HAI, it is to “prevent”
HAI, that simple but I do n=have to admit the new work getting healthcare in the "cloud" is pretty promising.
As an advocate for the prevention of HAI in our Veteran’s Hospitals, your efforts will
help our Vet’s but then again how can a 21 year old kid give a community hope?
Once again, thank you
and the entire membership of the California Nurses Association for your efforts
to help others.
Best regards,
Michael H. Slavinski http://h-a-i-5.blogspot.com
AB2616
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