While the intention of the Talk Clean To Me blog is to talk
or rant (in what I hope is in an educational way) on topics related to cleaning
and disinfection, there are times when I feel the need to go off the
reservation so to speak.
or rant (in what I hope is in an educational way) on topics related to cleaning
and disinfection, there are times when I feel the need to go off the
reservation so to speak.
The concept of #FF (Follow Friday) is to share what is
essentially a Twitter holiday with the aim of getting people to follow one
another through personal recommendations along with a genuine reason for your
recommendation. If you’ve followed Talk
Clean To Me you’ll know that I generally do a #FF every month or so when the
feeling strikes or when I’ve found something worthy of sharing. This week I have 2 recommendations – neither
of which are related to cleaning and disinfection but to healthcare.
essentially a Twitter holiday with the aim of getting people to follow one
another through personal recommendations along with a genuine reason for your
recommendation. If you’ve followed Talk
Clean To Me you’ll know that I generally do a #FF every month or so when the
feeling strikes or when I’ve found something worthy of sharing. This week I have 2 recommendations – neither
of which are related to cleaning and disinfection but to healthcare.
Perhaps it’s because I’m having a melancholy week thinking
of a cousin who suddenly lost her loved one that this recommendation has hit
particularly close to home. A video
titled “The Difference
Between Care and Caring” produced and shared by the Royal Alexandra
Hospital Foundation in Edmonton, Alberta Canada has gone viral. As the video describes – “At a time of increased demands on our healthcare system and healthcare
providers, ensuring that each and every patient and their family members are
provided with compassionate care is a massive goal, but one that the staff at
the Royal Alexandra Hospital are pursuing every day.” It’s a beautiful
tribute to love and the impact that healthcare providers can have on the lives
of their patients and how connecting a few simple dots can lead to such a
meaningful and touching moment.
Congratulations to everyone at the Royal Alex!
of a cousin who suddenly lost her loved one that this recommendation has hit
particularly close to home. A video
titled “The Difference
Between Care and Caring” produced and shared by the Royal Alexandra
Hospital Foundation in Edmonton, Alberta Canada has gone viral. As the video describes – “At a time of increased demands on our healthcare system and healthcare
providers, ensuring that each and every patient and their family members are
provided with compassionate care is a massive goal, but one that the staff at
the Royal Alexandra Hospital are pursuing every day.” It’s a beautiful
tribute to love and the impact that healthcare providers can have on the lives
of their patients and how connecting a few simple dots can lead to such a
meaningful and touching moment.
Congratulations to everyone at the Royal Alex!
The second recommendation is at the opposite end of the
scale with the Safety Matters
Blog. In an era where hospitals are
under scrutiny for healthcare-associated infections or other adverse patient
events, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts puts a different
spin on continuous improvement and transparency. Their commitment to safety includes telling their
stories about mistakes they have made, what they have learned from them and the
improvements they are making as a result.
Their hope is that by telling these stories others will learn from their
mistakes. What interests me is how they
share the stories and what is being done to ensure similar mistakes are not
made again.
scale with the Safety Matters
Blog. In an era where hospitals are
under scrutiny for healthcare-associated infections or other adverse patient
events, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts puts a different
spin on continuous improvement and transparency. Their commitment to safety includes telling their
stories about mistakes they have made, what they have learned from them and the
improvements they are making as a result.
Their hope is that by telling these stories others will learn from their
mistakes. What interests me is how they
share the stories and what is being done to ensure similar mistakes are not
made again.
It would be interesting to see what a blog along the same
vein, focusing on cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces, patient
care equipment, medical devices or hand hygiene may look like? Rather than pointing fingers and placing
blame, would we uncover what we all know to be true? Would we openly agree that cleaning and
disinfection takes time and manpower and that cutting back on either leads to
cutting corners which can lead to transmission of HAIs? Would we end up with a blog that
transparently talks about break downs in cleaning and disinfection and how
through review and investigation, the way to correct this error is to add
people and allow more time for cleaning and disinfection? I would love to read
someday that the number of housekeeping or medical device reprocessing staff
were increased rather than cut!
vein, focusing on cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces, patient
care equipment, medical devices or hand hygiene may look like? Rather than pointing fingers and placing
blame, would we uncover what we all know to be true? Would we openly agree that cleaning and
disinfection takes time and manpower and that cutting back on either leads to
cutting corners which can lead to transmission of HAIs? Would we end up with a blog that
transparently talks about break downs in cleaning and disinfection and how
through review and investigation, the way to correct this error is to add
people and allow more time for cleaning and disinfection? I would love to read
someday that the number of housekeeping or medical device reprocessing staff
were increased rather than cut!
I hope you’ll take a few moments to check these out. If you do, be sure to have Kleenex on hand
for the video!
for the video!
Bugging Off!
Nicole
