Modern Healthcare magazine recently announced the winners of their 19th annual Spirit of Excellence Awards, and Andalusia Regional earned an honorable mention.
The hospital reduced confirmed healthcare-associated infections by 75 percent from 2010 to 2011 after initiating a clean-hands program to monitor and improve hand hygiene based on nGage technology. The employees’ compliance efforts have equated a $42,600 cost savings and a 48.4-day decrease in incremental length of stay.