Bon Secours wins 2024 Zero Harm Award for commitment to patient safety
November 18, 2024
Bon Secours is recognized as a 2024 recipient of the Certified Zero Harm Awards. The Upstate health system is a frequent winner of this honor which recognizes hospital units who have an extraordinary commitment to quality of care and have also successfully eliminated some of the most common medical errors in healthcare today.
“I’m tremendously proud of our clinical leaders and team members who put a lot of time in every day to deliver safe, high quality care to our patients. This recognition reflects their dedication to upholding our mission of being good help to those in need,” said Matt Caldwell, President of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System.
South Carolina’s Zero Harm program was created by the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) in 2014 to support statewide efforts to create a culture of high reliability and reduce harm in our state’s healthcare facilities.
Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown Hospital’s 2024 Zero Harm Awards were in the areas of surgical site infection (SSI) abdominal hysterectomy, pressure injury, and central line bloodstream infection (CLABSI) for the CVICU, 2 nd floor surgical unit, and 7 th floor Med-Surg / Ortho unit. Meanwhile, Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside Hospital’s awards were in the areas of pressure injury, SSI colon surgery, as well as CLABSI on the 3 rd floor med/surg and ortho units.
“SCHA’s Certified Zero Harm Awards are about recognizing all the ways our members are thinking about how to reduce harm and improve the quality of life for their communities,” says Thornton Kirby, President and CEO of SCHA. “By thinking expansively and supporting our healthcare facilities in their high-reliability journeys, we are building a better state of health in South Carolina.”
For more information about all of SCHA’s 2024 Priority Awards, go to zeroharmsc.org/zero-harm-priority-awards.
About Bon Secours St. Francis Health System
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health, one of the 20 largest health systems in the United States and the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the country. The ministry’s quality, compassionate care is provided by more than 60,000 associates serving communities in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as throughout Ireland. Bon Secours St. Francis Health System provides compassionate medical care to thousands of area residents through Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown and Bon
Secours St. Francis Eastside, as well as a network of primary and specialty care practices, and ambulatory care sites across the Greenville region. The mission of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System is to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. For more information, visit BonSecours.com.
