Prevention Above All Discoveries Grants

2009 Grant Recipients

Andy Kramer:

Andy Kramer announces the 2009 Prevention Above All Discoveries Grant recipients

MEDLINE AWARDS OVER $700,000 IN PREVENTION ABOVE ALL DISCOVERIES GRANTS TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Grants to focus on the development and dissemination of evidence-based solutions aimed at reducing medical risks and harms associated with hospital-acquired conditions

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Awarded Pilot Grants

  • Title:
    Surgical Time Out Assurance Program
    Institution:
    Carilion Clinic – Roanoke, VA
    Principal Investigator:
    Deb Copening
    Target:
    Surgical site infection and errors
  • Title:
    Descriptive Study of OR Nursing Data Elements (Perioperative Clinical Processes, and Patient Outcomes)
    Institution:
    AORN (Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses) – Denver, CO
    Principal Investigator:
    AkkeNeel Talsma
    Target:
    Errors obtained in the perioperative area (OR processing errors and surgical patient complications)
  • Title:
    Multi-institutional trial to test the validity of newly created HAI definitions and criteria designed especially for behavioral hospital and health care settings
    Institution:
    Acadia Hospital - Bangor, ME
    Principal Investigator:
    Thomas Shandera
    Target:
    Healthcare acquired infections
  • Title:
    Pressure Ulcer Assessment Among Ethnically Diverse Patients
    Institution:
    Kaiser Permanente - San Jose Medical Ctr
    Principal Investigator:
    Katherine Ricossa
    Target:
    Pressure ulcers
  • Title:
    Statewide Maine Infection Prevention Collaborative (MIPC)
    Institution:
    Eastern Maine HealthCare System - Brewer, ME
    Principal Investigator:
    Erik Steele
    Target:
    Healthcare acquired infections
  • Title:
    Progressive Mobility Among Critically Ill and Critically Injured Patients: An Examination of Clinical Outcomes Prior to the Implementation of Standardized Guidelines
    Institution:
    East Tennessee State University College of Nursing
    Principal Investigator:
    Mona Baharestani
    Target:
    VAP; Pressure ulcers; falls; DVT; PE; catheter-associated urinary tract infections
  • Title:
    Accelerating Pressure Ulcer Prevention Through Regional Collaboration – Partnership Grant
    Institution:
    The Hospital and HealthSystem Association of Pennsylvania/Health Care Improvement Foundation Pennsylvania
    Principal Investigator:
    Lynn Leighton and Kate Flynn
    Target:
    Pressure ulcers

Awarded Empirical Grants

  • Title:
    Cost Effectiveness of a Liquid Skin Protectant in the Prevention of Heel Pressure Ulcers
    Institution:
    New York Methodist Hospital
    Principal Investigator:
    Judy A LaJoie
    Target:
    Heel pressure ulcers
  • Title:
    Pressure Ulcer Prevention via Early Detection and Documentation (both pediatric and adult)
    Institution:
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    Principal Investigator:
    Marty O. Vischer
    Target:
    Pressure ulcers
  • Title:
    Perioperative Positioning Injuries Program
    Institution:
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Principal Investigator:
    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld
    Target:
    Perioperative positioning related injuries
  • Title:
    Family Centered Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program
    Institution:
    Grady Health System
    Principal Investigator:
    Rhonda Scott
    Target:
    Pressure ulcers
  • Title:
    Hand Hygiene Intervention Study
    Institution:
    Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
    Principal Investigator:
    Maryelena Vargas
    Target:
    Hospital Acquired Infections
  • Title:
    A Comprehensive Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program in a Multi-System Health Care Network
    Institution:
    St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network
    Principal Investigator:
    Joanne Labiak
    Target:
    Pressure Ulcers