A Commitment to Patient Safety

Environment of Care
  • Private patient rooms enhance infection control.

  • Automatic hand-washing and toilet-flushing reduces the spread of infection.

  • Special flooring reduces patient falls, contains microbiologic agents to reduce the spread of infection, and is more comfortable for staff to stand and walk on.

  • Identically designed and oriented trauma and operating rooms reduce potential confusion during procedures or emergencies.

  • Additional handrails and thoughtful design of bathrooms in patient rooms reduce confusion and falls and allow more family participation in a patient’s care.
New Patient Processes
  • Better processes that improve patient outcomes are being developed and tested prior to moving to the new facility.

  • “Mock up” rooms are being built to allow staff to test the rooms to ensure patient safety.
Safer Medication Administration
  • The electronic medical record (EMR) and computerized physician order entry reduce medication administration errors.

  • Automatic medication dispensing devices also reduce medication errors.

  • Medication scanning (bar-coding) is the final medication safety step included in the process design of the new facility.