Award recognizes individuals dedicated to protecting patients from healthcare outbreaks |
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Early identification and timely response to a healthcare outbreak is critical to minimizing the number of people negatively impacted.
Together, the Evelyn and Thomas McKnight Family Fund for Patient Safety and the CDC Foundation created The McKnight Prize for Healthcare Outbreak Heroes to encourage and reward those who serve and protect patients from harm related to healthcare outbreaks. Nominations for this year’s prize are now being accepted.
Candidates for the McKnight Heroes Prize can be from a variety of professions including, but not limited to, nurses, physicians, public health professionals, administrators, and patient advocates. The prize criteria focus on a candidate’s contributions to enhancing the response to a healthcare outbreak. For additional information about prize criteria, visit: Evelyn and Thomas McKnight Family Fund for Patient Safety | |
Past recipients of the McKnight Prize for Healthcare Outbreak Heroes are: - 2023 – Jennifer Jones, RN, BSN, CPEN, for her outstanding response to a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- 2022 – Lisa Hannah, RN, CIC, for exemplary infection prevention leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2021 – Frontline nursing home staff for going above and beyond to admirably care for and protect their residents in the face of great personal risk throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020 – Maureen Tierney, MD, MSc, for initiating and overseeing the investigation of E. coli sepsis related to a nationally-distributed, unapproved biologic product administered to patients seeking relief from arthritis and degenerative diseases.
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| Know a healthcare hero? Nominations are open for McKnight Heroes Prize honoring those who serve and protect patients from healthcare outbreaks. Nominations accepted through March 1, 2024. More info: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/McKnightFund @CDCFound
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