Included in the group were area hospitals including Kanabec Hospital, Mora; Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids and St. Gabriel's Hospital, Little Falls.

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St. Paul, MN — Twenty-five Minnesota hospitals this month received a total of 31 awards recognizing their work to prevent the most prevalent types of adverse health events, such as accidental falls.

Included in the group were area hospitals including Kanabec Hospital, Mora; Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids and St. Gabriel's Hospital, Little Falls.

The Minnesota Hospital Association's Patient Safety Excellence Awards honor hospitals participating in at least one of the association's four safety campaigns. The campaigns target efforts at preventing: pressure ulcers, or bedsores; falls; wrong-site invasive procedures and foreign objects retained during labor and delivery.
 
To qualify, hospitals must have implemented at least 90 percent of a campaign's required safety measures, such as verifying that they are repositioning at-risk patients at least every two hours to prevent pressure ulcers.
 
This announcement marks the fourth round of winners in the 1-year-old recognition program.
 
The campaigns are called SAFE SKIN, SAFE from FALLS, SAFE SITE and SAFE COUNT, and their requirements are based on national and state best practices. The requirements are also founded on participating hospitals' sharing of information about adverse health events that occurred at their facilities.
 
To learn more, visit MHA's Web site at www.mnhospitals.org.
 


Following are the winners of the April 2009 (issued June 2009)
Minnesota Hospital Association Patient Safety Excellence Awards
 
Hospital

Awarded  April 2009

Austin Medical Center — Mayo Health System
Safe from Falls
Avera Marshall  Regional Medical  Center, Marshall
Safe Skin
Bigfork Valley Hospital
Safe Site
Buffalo Hospital
Safe Site
Cuyuna Regional  Medical Center, Crosby
Safe Count, Safe from Falls, Safe Site
District One  Hospital, Faribault
Safe Count
Fairmont Medical Center – Mayo Health System
Safe Site
Granite Falls Municipal Hospital & Manor
Safe Count
Kanabec Hospital, Mora
Safe Count
Mercy Hospital,  Coon Rapids
Safe Site
MeritCare Thief River Falls  Northwest Medical Center
Safe Site
North  Country Regional Hospital, Bemidji
Safe Count
North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale
Safe Site
Olmsted Medical  Center, Rochester
Safe Count, Safe from Falls
Perham Memorial Hospital and Home
Safe Site
Queen of Peace  Hospital, New Prague
Safe Site
Rice Memorial  Hospital, Willmar
Safe Site
Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia
Safe Count
RiverView Health, Crookston
Safe Skin, Safe From Falls
Riverwood Healthcare Center, Aitkin
Safe Count, Safe From Falls
Sibley Medical Center
Safe Skin, Safe Site
St. Francis Healthcare Campus,  Breckenridge
Safe Site
St. Francis Regional Medical Center,  Shakopee
Safe Skin
St. Gabriel's Hospital, Little  Falls
Safe Count
University of Minnesota  Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis
Safe Site
 
 
The Minnesota Hospital Association represents Minnesota's hospitals and health systems.