“A Clean Start” Quality Improvement Project Recognized in ICan Contest

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Julie Apold

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby was recognized for its quality improvement project in LeadingAge Minnesota’s ICan Quality Improvement Contest.

About the ICan Quality Improvement contest

The ICan Quality Improvement Contest is a new program within LeadingAge Minnesota’s quality program created to provide quality improvement tools and strategies for staff to think about opportunities for improvement in a solution-focused way. Staff help lead the improvement projects that are implemented over several months.

A clean start

The “A Clean Start” team identified that many residents admitted to the Care Center from the hospital do not get a shower in the hospital and may not have had a shower for 1-2 weeks. Residents are assigned a shower day upon admission, which may be up to six days after admission.  The team created a process to offer a shower, bath, or bed bath within 24 hours of admission to help ease the transition to the Care Center with “A Clean Start.”  

Find additional details of their project here.

A Clean Start Team Members: Mary Dehning, Nicole Starry, Jenny Pederson, Haley Worley, Suzanne Wlasiuk.  Not pictured: Kendall Nelson.

Watch for information in early 2024, or contact Julie Apold, Vice President of Quality & Performance Excellence, to learn how you can get a team involved in the 2024 ICan Quality Improvement Contest.