Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Named a 2020 Recipient HAP’s Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition
12/30/2020
Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is proud to announce that it has been honored as part of the inaugural class of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania’s (HAP) Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition program.
HAP launched the Excellence in Patient Safety program during 2018 to recognize Pennsylvania’s top-performing hospitals that have demonstrated low rates of health care-associated infections.
The Patient Safety Recognition program utilizes data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network, the program identifies and recognizes those member hospitals that perform better than the mean standardized infection ratio across Pennsylvania in three key measures: central line-associated bloodstream infection, catheter-associated urinary tract infection, and clostridium difficile infections. This year, 21 hospitals were recognized for this achievement.
The recognition is open to all Pennsylvania hospitals. A full list of winners can be found at HAP’s website.
“At the Pennsylvania hospital community’s core lies a drive to continuously improve upon the excellent and safe care they provide—something we have seen on full display during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Andy Carter, HAP president and CEO.
“We are so proud to honor the recipients of the 2020 HAP’s Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition for achieving this well-deserved recognition.”
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