Certified Zero Harm Awards
SCHA launched their Zero Harm Awards in 2014 as an effort to recognize South Carolina hospitals that were on the forefront of preventing medical errors, which by some estimates is the third leading cause of death in the United States, with an economic impact that could reach 1 trillion dollars annually. Thanks to a collaboration with The Duke Endowment and The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Health and ongoing support from BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, our member hospitals have continually united on statewide efforts to create a culture of high reliability and reduce harm in our facilities by implementing robust, evidence-based practices that are making a positive impact on patients and the safety and quality of care.
The Certified Zero Harm Awards began with a core idea—that zero harm as a goal was possible in a highly reliable system—and began rewarding hospitals who went extended stretches free of hospital-acquired infections in common categories and procedures. This statewide effort was also unique, thanks to SCHA’s collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC), which independently verified the awards. Over time, the program has been expanded and modified, and now includes the Drive to Zero Suicide Award, the Drive to Zero Harm Leadership Award and the Zero Harm Excellence Award.
“This early success—expressed in lives saved and the resulting economic impact—strengthens our resolve to focus on safety, raise the bar of expectations, and challenge our hospitals to pursue zero harm,” says SCHA President and CEO Thornton Kirby.
“We’re in the business, after all, of saving lives. And that’s what the Zero Harm Awards are all about.”
For a one-page explainer of the Certified Zero Harm Awards, click here.
If your facility is a 2021 Certified Zero Harm Award winner, a press release template for your use is available here.
Below is a complete list of our 2021 award recipients, listed by hospital:
Hospital onset C.diff
Hospital onset MRSA
Pressure Injury
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Surgical Site Infection (SSI) • Hip Replacement
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) • Hospital Wide
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
Hospital onset C.diff
Hospital onset MRSA
Pressure Injury
CLABSI • CICU
CLABSI • CVICU
AnMed Health Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Hospital onset C.diff
Hospital onset MRSA
SSI • Knee Replacement
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
Hospital onset MRSA
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Colon Surgery
Pressure Injury
CLABSI • ICU
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
SSI • Colon Surgery
Hospital onset MRSA
Pressure Injury
CLABSI • ICU
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
Columbia VA Health Care System
CLABSI • 4W
CLABSI • SDU
SSI • Hip Replacement
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
CLABSI • ICU 1 South
CLABSI • ICU 2 South
CLABSI • NSICU
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
Hampton Regional Medical Center
CLABSI • ICU
Hospital onset MRSA
Pressure Injury
SSI • Colon Surgery
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
Hospital onset C.diff
CLABSI • MICU
Hospital onset MRSA
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
SSI • Knee Replacement
Hospital onset MRSA
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
CLABSI • ICU
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
SSI • Knee Replacement
McLeod Regional Medical Center
CLABSI • Hematology/Oncology Unit
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center
CLABSI • Med-Surg
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
SSI • Colon Surgery
Hospital onset C.diff
CLABSI • Post-Op Acute Care Unit
Hospital onset MRSA
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
Hospital onset C.diff
Pressure Injury
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center
CLABSI • CVICCU
CLABSI • MICU
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
MUSC Health Florence Rehabilitation Center
Hospital onset C.diff
Hospital onset MRSA
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
CLABSI • Stroke-neuro 4th
CLABSI • CCU
CLABSI • Med-Surg – 6th floor
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
SSI • Colon Surgery
CLABSI • Rehab
CLABSI • Postpartum – 4th Floor
CLABSI • Covid Unit – 5th Floor
CLABSI • ICU
Pressure Injury
MUSC Health Marion Medical Center
CLABSI • ICU
Hospital onset C.diff
Hospital onset MRSA
Pressure Injury
Newberry County Memorial Hospital
CLABSI • ICU
CLABSI • Med/Surg
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Hip Replacement
Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Hip Replacement
Prisma Health Baptist Hospital
CLABSI • NICU
Pressure Injury
Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
CLABSI • ICU
Hospital onset MRSA
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Knee Replacement
Pressure Injury
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
SSI • Knee Replacement
CLABSI • Neuro ICU
CLABSI • Oncology
CLABSI • Peds Oncology
CLABSI • NICU 2
CLABSI • PICU
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Knee Replacement
CLABSI • ICU
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
Pressure Injury
Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital
Hospital onset C.diff
CLABSI • ICU
CLABSI • Med Surg
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
Hospital onset MRSA
Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
Hospital onset MRSA
CLABSI • PCCU
Pressure Injury
Prisma Health North Greenville Hospital
Hospital onset MRSA
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
SSI •Colon Surgery
SSI • Hip Replacement
CLABSI • CCU
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
Hospital onset C.diff
Hospital onset MRSA
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
Pressure Injury
Prisma Health Richland Hospital
CLABSI • STICU
CLABSI • 7 West
CLABSI • PICU
SSI • Knee Replacement
CLABSI • Oncology
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
SSI • Hip Replacement
CLABSI • MICU
CLABSI • SICU
Hospital onset C.diff
Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
Hospital onset MRSA
Pressure Injury
Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI •Abdominal Hysterectomy
Pressure Injury
SSI • Knee Replacement
SSI • Hip Replacement
SSI • Colon Surgery
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
CLABSI • 6T Medical
CLABSI • 3T Surgical
CLABSI • 4T Surgical
CLABSI • 7T Telemetry
CLABSI • 5T Medical
CLABSI • CICU
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Hospital onset C.diff
Hospital onset MRSA
Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care
CLABSI • ICU
Hospital onset MRSA
CLABSI • ICU
SSI • Colon Surgery
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
SSI • Abdominal Hysterectomy
Hospital onset MRSA
Williamsburg Regional Hospital
CLABSI • Hospital Wide
Hospital onset C.diff
Hospital onset MRSA
SSI • Knee Replacement
Pressure Injury