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Kid Food: Serve It
Pediatrics team suggested kid-friendly food like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and created restaurant style menus with imagery of zoo animals.
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Why This Matters
- Kids need to eat, and wasted food is wasting money.
Test of Change
- Offering kid-friendly food items
Skin-to-Skin Is Best for Babies
The proportion of newborns getting at least 60 minutes of skin-to-skin contact with their moms soared after this labor and delivery team communicated with staff about the importance of this practice.
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Why This Matters
- Skin-to-skin contact improves bonding, and helps to regulate heart rate and respiration.
Test of Change
- Teaching everyone the importance of skin-to-skin contact
The 4-1-1 On Your New Baby
Parent satisfaction scores went up with this NICU team used a checklist to teach new parents about their baby and created a script for nurses that didn't feel rehearsed.
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Why This Matters
- Health care providers play a key role in teaching new parents skills to take care of baby.
Test of Change
- Creating a checklist as a teaching tool
Always Wash Your Hands
The pediatrics team increased hand-washing rates after it put up posters of cute kids as hand-washing reminders and made other common-sense improvements.
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Why This Matters
- Hand-washing is a simple way to combat inpatient infection.
Test of Change
- Posting reminders to regularly wash hands