CHERAW, South Carolina — McLeod Health has been honored with 25 South Carolina “CertifiedZero Harm Awards” from the South Carolina Hospital Association in recognition of the hospital system’s excellent work in preventing hospital-acquired infections.
McLeod Health received the most Zero Harm Awards by a hospital system.
The following McLeod Health hospitals were recognized with Zero Harm Awards: McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon, McLeod Health Darlington, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast and McLeod Regional Medical Center.
To earn a Certified Zero Harm Award, hospitals must experience no preventable hospital-acquired infections of a specific nature over an extended period of time.
The Zero Harm Awards showcase the hospitals that have had extended harm-free stretches in surgical site infections in major surgical procedures like knee replacements, hip replacements, colon surgery and abdominal hysterectomy — or gone months without a Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection, MRSA or C. diff.
All hospital data used for the awards is independently verified by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and recognizes the exceptional achievement the hospital or hospital unit has made to the safety and quality of care within their facilities.