Ventilator-related pneumonia is costly not only in terms of treatment, equipment, and length of stay but also in terms of patient morbidity and mortality. From October 1995 through March 1996 an increase in ventilator-related pneumonia cases, of which 83% were caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), was noted at a Veterans Affairs medical center. A multidisciplinary team based on the TQI model and using TQI tools, methodology, and principles of problem solving was subsequently formed to look into ventilator-related pneumonia. The team's data collection and analysis efforts identified numerous opportunities for improvement. The primary outcome has been a decrease in the incidence of ventilator-related pneumonia that has resulted in substantial cost savings.
Some fifty-one agents agreed to participate in this project in which they indicated their willingness to donate twenty-five per cent of their commission on city business to this new scholarship fund. The awards were to be made upon the basis of the need of the applicant and the applicant's ability to do college work.The agents agreed that the maximum amount that would be given to any one student would be $500. However, if a student had already received another cash award, they would grant a smaller scholarship so that the total amount that any one student might receive from another source plus the New Britain Board of Insurance Agents Scholarship may not exceed $750.In 1956, the first year in which the award was made, twenty young men and women received scholarships which totalled $5,850 in value. In the second year, 1957, there were twenty-three awards totalling $7,050. plus the establishment of two trust accounts of $500 each for the benefit of the children of two men who were murdered in a Gas Station holdup in early December 1956.
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