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Newsletter - Bartlett Regional Hospital

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Heart Attack Care<br />

We achieved a 100% composite score (compared to a 95% national average)<br />

for achieving the nationally-measured care standards for heart attack<br />

care:<br />

Giving aspirin at arrival<br />

Giving clot-busting medications within 30 minutes for certain types of<br />

heart attack<br />

Prescribing aspirin at discharge<br />

Prescribing the appropriate medications for patients with weakened<br />

heart muscles<br />

Prescribing cholesterol-lowering medications for patients with high<br />

cholesterol levels<br />

Providing smoking cessation information to patients who smoke<br />

Heart Failure Care<br />

We achieved a 97% composite score (compared to a 94% national average)<br />

for achieving the nationally-measured care standards for heart failure<br />

care:<br />

Providing specific discharge instructions that help patients transition<br />

to self-care<br />

Testing patients’ heart muscle function<br />

Prescribing the appropriate medications for patients with weakened<br />

heart muscles<br />

Providing smoking cessation information to patients who smoke<br />

Pneumonia Care<br />

We achieved a 97% composite score (compared to a 94% national average)<br />

for achieving the nationally-measured care standards for pneumonia<br />

care:<br />

Providing influenza and pneumococcal vaccination<br />

Testing blood samples correctly to maximize effectiveness of antibiotic<br />

therapy<br />

Starting the right antibiotics early<br />

Providing smoking cessation information to patients who smoke<br />

Surgical Care<br />

We achieved a 97% composite score (compared to a 96% national average)<br />

for achieving the nationally-measured care standards for surgical care:<br />

Giving the right antibiotics as an infection prevention measure within 1<br />

hour prior to making an incision<br />

Stopping use of preventative antibiotics on time to reduce negative<br />

side effects<br />

Removing body hair around the surgical area correctly<br />

Removing urinary catheters quickly after surgery to prevent infection<br />

Actively warming patients after surgery to prevent complications<br />

Giving necessary heart medications to patients who have been taking<br />

them in the past<br />

Taking timely steps to prevent blood clots after surgery<br />

The Mammovan during a 2011 visit to Skagway. The mobile mammography<br />

service is a partnership between <strong>Bartlett</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and the SEARHC<br />

Breast and Cervical Health Program.<br />

Frank Sis, RT, right, testing Diagnostic Imaging’s brand new 128-slice CT scanning<br />

device, which produces high resolution images very quickly, and is of sufficient<br />

diameter to accommodate large patients. (see Robyn Free profile, page 11).<br />

Therese Thibodeau, RN, shows off her clean hands during <strong>Bartlett</strong>’s Hand<br />

Hygiene Fair in August (see page 15).<br />

9 — Fall 2011

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