Patient Safety - Awards

Excellence in Patient Safety Award

When a patient has an overwhelming blood infection, the result can be multiple organ damage. If not treated properly, this condition, called severe sepsis, can lead to death.

For making significant strides in patient safety and quality improvement in decreasing sepsis mortality, Stony Brook University Medical Center received the "Excellence in Patient Safety Award," from the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council. Among other achievements, the Medical Center experienced a 33.7 percent reduction in the severe sepsis mortality rate when comparing patients admitted with this condition through the Emergency Department in 2007 versus 2006.

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