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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said $190,000 is headedf to the , which was founded in 2000 and backerd bythe , and . The institute, whicn spans more than 180 hospitals, plans to creat a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program. Tiffanh Himmelreich, a spokeswoman for the hospital said the program focusesa on reducing bloodstream infections that arise from treatment linez hooked upinto patients, particularly heartg catheter tubes. Ohio and nine other statesw are working to bring practices in line with new nationap goals and standards on infection she said. The institute and its lates program are among existing programs that targey eliminating preventablehospital errors.
Just this year, ’es (NYSE:CAH) foundation and several othere groups unveiled the Solutions for PatientSafety initiative, whichj includes 16 Central Ohio hospitale and eight children’s hospitals in the That program is backedd by $1.5 million from the Dublin health-care giant’se charitable arm. Himmelreich said more eyes on the problemj are expected to lead tobettedr results. “Hospitals are no strangef to this kind of she said. “We have a lot of regional collaborations gointon ... and since hospitalas have had practice with this type of the theoryis it’ll have an impacr quickly.” The program is hopinfg to save lives and money.
Brown’sx office said that Michigan saved morethan 1,700 livex and nearly $250 million in a similarr initiative. Himmelreich said Ohio hasn’t calculated a savingw estimateor goal, but thinks the tally couldd approach that amassed in Michigan.