John Morton, director of the Stanford Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SCORE) and director of surgical quality poses a question during the the 2nd Annual Summit for Clinical Excellence. The bariatric surgeon was among some 220 physician, nursing and administrative leaders of SHC and LPCH who attended the Dec. 2 event on the Stanford Campus. The Summit, co-hosted by SHC Chief of Staff Bryan D. Bohman and LPCH Chief of Staff Christy Sandborg, explored evidence- based strategies for implementing a Fair and Just Culture.
Key speakers came from the world of engineering, management and medicine to help the Medical Staff and other leaders take a fresh look at their practices using innovative tools that are being widely adopted at top peer institutions throughout the nation. For more thoughts about a Fair and Just Culture - [See Chief of Staff column]
State law mandates hospital screening for MRSA and patient disclosure/education by physicians
“Probably the most significant immediate effect of SB 1058 is that the hospital is required to screen patients in five defined categories for MRSA [Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus],” explained Lucy Tompkins, professor of medicine/infectious diseases and the hospital’s epidemiologist.
Attending physicians will be required to promptly inform patients —or their families — whenever a positive MRSA nares screening culture is found to be positive. [See five required testing scenarios.] Then, these patients must receive instructions about after care and prevention of spread of MRSA to others. [See more].
