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Bonnie Morris is committed to patient safety at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital. She understands how important hand hygiene is to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), especially when caring for cancer patients. When an automated hand hygiene monitoring system showed below average compliance levels within the unit, Bonnie encouraged the staff to do better.

She posted monthly results of staff progress in meeting their goals of better hand hygiene. Using Halloween and football themes to encourage progress, Bonnie and the staff celebrated success at every turn.

Today the unit boasts a consistent compliance rate of more than twice the national average. The unit had zero central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) and zero catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in 2015.*

Join the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in congratulating Bonnie Morris for her leadership in improving hand hygiene and thus reducing HAIs at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital.

*Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital provided for publication any included numbers and/or results. The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has not confirmed, and bears no responsibility or liability for, these numbers and/or results.

Bonnie Morris, RN, MSNOncology ManagerGuthrie Robert Packer Hospital

Recognized for her dedication to patient safety by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

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