Chonnam National University Hospital Successfully Concludes 'Patient Safety and Medical Quality Improvement' Competition

Chonnam National University Hospital (Director Ahn Young-geun) announced on the 29th that it recently held a QI competition to improve patient safety and healthcare quality (QI).

Hosted by the Healthcare Quality Management Office (Director Professor Jung In-seok), this QI competition featured a total of 18 teams participating on topics such as patient safety management, infection prevention, and customer satisfaction improvement activities. The teams worked for 10 months, and 12 teams were selected through mid-term and final evaluations.

The 12 teams exhibited posters on the first floor of Building 1 from the 13th to the 23rd, and through judging, 4 teams were awarded Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Merit Award in the oral presentation category, while 8 teams received Excellence and Encouragement Awards in the poster category.

In the oral presentation category, the Nursing Department won the Grand Prize with their presentation on "Reduction Activities for Medication Error-Related Harm Events." The Intensive Care Unit received the Excellence Award for "Reduction Activities of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Incidence," and the Pharmacy Department (activation of polypharmacy management projects) and Outpatient Nursing Department (activation of outpatient first visits through multidisciplinary clinical process improvement) received Merit Awards.

In the poster category, the Central Operating Room and Radiology Department received Excellence Awards, while the Central Supply Room, Anesthesia Management Room, Medical Records Office, Emergency Room, Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine Department, and Rehabilitation Therapy Room received Encouragement Awards.

Director Ahn Young-geun said, "I thank all the staff who have made great efforts to improve patient safety and healthcare quality," adding, "Since you have come up with good ideas based on your firsthand experiences in the field, let us do our best to utilize them to provide high-quality medical services to patients."

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