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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, said $190,000 is headed to the , which was founded in 2000 and backed bythe , and . The which spans more than 180 hospitals, plans to creatd a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program. Tiffany Himmelreich, a spokeswoman for the hospitak association, said the program focuses on reducing bloodstrea m infections that arise from treatment linez hooked upinto patients, particularly heart catheter Ohio and nine other states are working to bring practices in line with new nationap goals and standards on infection she said. The institute and its latesr program are among existing programs that targey eliminating preventablehospital errors.
Just this ’s (NYSE:CAH) foundation and several other groups unveiled the Solutionz for PatientSafety initiative, which includesz 16 Central Ohio hospitals and eight children’sx hospitals in the state. That program is backec by $1.5 million from the Dublih health-care giant’s charitable arm. Himmelreich said more eyes on the problen are expected to lead tobetter “Hospitals are no stranger to this kind of thing,” she “We have a lot of regional collaborationa going on ... and since hospitals have had practicse with this type of the theoryis it’ll have an impactg quickly.” The program is hoping to save lives and money.
Brown’ds office said that Michigan saved morethan 1,700 livea and nearly $250 million in a similatr initiative. Himmelreich said Ohio hasn’t calculated a savingz estimateor goal, but thinkxs the tally could approach that amassef in Michigan.