Congratulations to Janet O’Connor, Rachel Duclos & Liana Iachetta – winners of the quarterly ‘Good Catch’ Awards.

Good Catch Awards highlight individuals, groups or departments who demonstrate their commitment to keeping patients safe by reporting a near miss. A ‘good catch’ (or near miss) is an event or situation that could have resulted in harm, but did not reach the patient because of chance or timely intervention. Reporting these events can help to identify gaps in order to prevent future adverse events from happening.

Janet works in Diagnostic Imaging and caught an incorrect order for a bone scan before the patient received it, avoiding unnecessary radiation exposure to the patient.  Rachel is part of the OR team.  She noted that a patient was missing an allergy band on his wrist although he confirmed he had allergies prior to his surgery so quickly rectified the error and notified the team.  Liana works in the Clinical Lab and found an order for additional bloodwork in a quality check list note that had not yet been entered, saving the patient from missing the extra bloodwork.

All these diligent staff were each awarded a certificate and a gift card to the Goods & Co Market.

New winners will be randomly selected every quarter. Continue submitting your near misses for a chance to win! Near miss reports are submitted through the Incident Learning System (patient safety incidents). Click on the ‘safety reporting’ icon from your Novell home page, or go to the iNtranet and choose ‘Safety Reporting’ under ‘Informational’.

For more information, contact Terry Fodë, Patient Safety Improvement Specialist (terry.fode@tbh.net).