The May 24 Track I meeting of the Southern California Patient Safety Collaborative, focusing on Hospital-Acquired Infections, Sepsis & the Surgical Care Improvement Project, drew 112 attendees.

Fast Facts, a one-page meeting summary of highlights, is distributed after the meeting. This communication tool is designed to offer senior leaders the information shared and to provide a tool that can be used to facilitate a short debriefing with meeting attendees. For Fast Facts from this meeting, please click here.

Key topics from the meeting included:

• Healthcare-Associated Infections: National Priorities for Prevention and Elimination
• SCIP – Striving for Perfect Care
• SCPSC Track I Data Update
• RCRMC Pharmacist-Driven Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis Program

Interactive breakout sessions focused on:

• SCPSC Top Performers – Achieving High Levels of Compliance with VTE 1 & 2
• SCPSC Top Performers – Achieving High Levels of Compliance with Inf 1-6
• Untoward Events Discussion with CHPSO

SCPSC meetings are presented by HASC, Health Services Advisory Group and the National Health Foundation, and take place at Pacific Palms Conference Resort, Industry Hills.

Partners for Patient Safety First…a California Partnership for Health include:

• Anthem Blue Cross
• The three regional hospital associations of California: Southern California, San Diego & Imperial Counties, and Northern & Central California
• The National Health Foundation