Nursing care at Barton Health recognized with awards

Barton Health was recently awarded five "Best Performance" awards for nursing care by the Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes (CALNOC). They recognized
Barton’s excellence in providing safe, high quality health care with zero instances of hospital-acquired pressure injuries and infections patients can develop while hospitalized.

CALNOC establishes benchmarks for hospitals based on data analysis of patient safety

standards. These objective measurements include indicators of nursing care and hospital performance. The five Best Performance awards Barton Memorial Hospital received from CALNOC add to the industry recognition and accolades the health system earned in the last year.

“These awards add to Barton’s reputation for providing excellent care for patients,” said Dawn Evans, MSN, MBA, RN, PHN, CPPS, Director of Patient Safety at Barton Health. “This industry recognition is accredited to a robust infection control program and nursing staff consistently following evidence-based practices.”

Barton's CALNOC awards in preventing hospital-acquired conditions were in the areas of pressure ulcers, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line-associated blood stream infections, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, and Clostridium difficile infections.

Nurses providing care at Barton consistently monitor patients to address and diminish secondary infections associated with their hospital stay. Barton Memorial Hospital’s rates for hospital-acquired ulcers and infections trend far below the state average for California hospitals and are among the top 25 percent of CALNOC hospitals in the state.

In the photo: It takes a collaborative and comprehensive team to provide safe, high quality care. Pictured here are some of the team members that helped Barton Memorial Hospital achieve five Best Performance awards. From left to right: Amy Isenhart, RN, Wound Care Nurse; Blake Sutton, Emergency Department Technician; Spencer Rhodes, RN, Emergency Department Charge Nurse; Rose Hardman-Buchser, RN, Pressure Ulcer Prevention Team Member; Susie Leon-Guerrero, RN, Pressure Ulcer Prevention Team Member; Launa Henderson, RN, Patient Safety Officer; Lindsay Smith, RN, Infection Prevention; and Vicki McKenna, RN, Infection Control & Prevention Manager.