The next Track I meeting of the Southern California Patient Safety Collaborative, focusing on Hospital-Acquired Infections, Sepsis & Surgical Care Improvement Project, will take place Nov. 8.

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Featured topics and speakers include:
• Reduction of health care-acquired infections using the Steiros™ Algorithm
Riverside Community Hospital Infection Preventionists: J.Tracy Sitton, RN, BSN, CCRN, and Marlene Wilson, RN, CCRN

• Reducing Hospital-wide HAI: An Environmental Approach
Daniel Z Uslan, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

• Unlocking the Plan: Key Messages from HHS
Suzanne Anders, MHI, RN, CPHQ, Health Services Advisory Group

The Interactive Working Session will feature Teams Overcoming Barriers to Achieve Improvement, and will include a panel of hospitals that improved CLBSI and a panel of hospitals that improved sepsis mortality.

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