St. Francis-Emory Healthcare in Columbus, Georgia, a 376-bed community hospital, offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient services and partners with TeamHealth to provide hospital medicine, emergency medicine and critical care coverage. When the hospital’s leadership sought solutions to reduce the number of hospital-acquired infections, TeamHealth providers actively participated and provided solutions.
Reducing Hospital-Acquired Clostridioides difficile
In late 2020, the Serious Reportable Incidents (SRI) at St. Francis peaked at 1,445, which prompted the facility to focus on the potential spread of highly contagious hospital-acquired (HA) Clostridioides difficile (C. diff). During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, TeamHealth implemented a well-rounded program and analyzed previous interventions to identify the best path forward. To do so, the team needed strong leadership, clinical expertise and operational resources.
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