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Media Release
November 16, 2011
ATTN:News / Technology / Health Editors
Trillium Health Centre Wins OHA Awards at HealthAchieve 2011
Mississauga/West Toronto (November 17, 2011) –Trillium Health Centre is pleased to announce it has received two awards from the Ontario Hospital Association at HealthAchieve 2011. Trillium received the Leading Practices Electronic Display Award in the Patient Safety and Quality category as well as Overall Winner of the Leading Practices.
“We are quite honoured to receive these awards,” said Janet Davidson, O.C., Trillium’s president and CEO. “This recognition highlights Trillium’s commitment to providing the highest quality care and the exemplary work of our clinical staff to enhance patient safety.”
Both awards recognize a Trillium leading practice presentation entitled A Nurse-Led Clinical Protocol at Trillium Health Centre: Significant Reductions in Unnecessary Urinary Catheters.
“Catheter dwell time is a major risk factor for development of urinary tract infections,” said Dr. Amir Ginzburg, physician director of quality patient safety at Trillium. “The protocol demonstrated that catheter clinical practice can be improved and that these improvements are sustainable.”
A Trillium clinical nurse specialist, Laura Robbs observed, “The protocol has enhanced patients’ experience of safe, high quality care by reducing the risks associated with the ongoing use of a medical device.”
For more information on the Ontario Hospital Association, see www.oha.com.
About Trillium Health Centre
Trillium Health Centre is one of Canada’s largest academically-affiliated hospitals providing safe and quality care to more than one million residents in Mississauga, southwest Toronto and the surrounding areas. Trillium is a 790-bed regional referral centre with highly-specialized, complex programs in advanced cardiac, vascular, stroke, neurosciences, orthopaedic, seniors health and sexual assault/domestic violence services. Trillium’s $462.6 million annual budget supports the 4,305 staff, 715 physicians and 1,100 volunteers who care for the 778,000 patients who visit each year.
Trillium – Mississauga has an Emergency Department, inpatient units and surgical centre while an Urgent Care Centre, day surgery and other outpatient programs are located at Trillium – West Toronto. Trillium Health Centre Foundation, the health centre’s fundraising arm, inspires the community to invest in the hospital. Trillium is recognized by Accreditation Canada, National Quality Institute and Ontario Health Quality Council for providing safe, high-quality health care and leadership in a healthy workplace.
For more information, go to www.trilliumhealthcentre.org.
Photo caption: Trillium Health Centre team accepts award for the Leading Practices Electronic Display, Patient Safety and Quality; and the award for Overall Winner of the Leading Practices. From left: Laura Robbs, Clinical Nurse Specialist-Continence, Trillium Health Center; Dr. Amir Ginzburg, Physician Director, Patient Safety and Quality, Trillium Health Center; Anton Hart, OHA Board Member and CEO of Longwoods Publishing Corporation; Janet M. Davidson, O.C., OHA Board Chair and President and CEO of Trillium Health Center; Morag McLean, Shared Vice President, People Services and Organizational Effectiveness, Trillium Health Centre and The Credit Valley Hospital; May Chang, VP, Corporate Services and CFO, Trillium Health Centre; Patti Cochrane, VP Patient Services and Quality and CNO, Trillium Health Centre; and Susan Bisaillon, Executive Director, Clinical Operations, Trillium Health Centre. Photo courtesy of the OHA.
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Media Contact:
Larry Roberts
Media Relations Advisor
Trillium Health Centre
Office: 905-848-7580 ext. 3832
Mobile: 416-358-7201
lroberts@thc.on.ca