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44 be used as a primer for new infection prevention professionals or non-infection prevention colleagues who want to better understand hand hygiene. ANA's CAUTI Prevention Tool: e American Nurses Association offers a tool for nurses to help prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections. e tool includes a flow chart to aid in the decision to insert a catheter or not, as well as a checklist of tasks to complete before, during and aer inserting an indwelling urinary catheter. NPSF Guidelines on Root Cause Analysis: e National Patient Safety Foundation published guidelines — called "RCA2: Improving Root Cause Analyses and Actions to Prevent Harm" — to help healthcare organizations improve the way they investigate medical errors, adverse events and near misses. Award-Winning Video on Engaging Patients in Infection Control: A video titled "Patient Engagement in Infection Prevention" won the fih annual Film Festival at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology this year. e video includes steps clinicians can take to involve patients in infection control. AHA's Discharge Planning Kit: e American Hospital Association offers a discharge planning toolkit that includes tools to support decision-making related to when an acute care patient should be discharged, whether a patient will need post-acute care and what types of post-acute care would be most suitable. PPSA's Crash Cart Supply Checklist: e Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority offers a free checklist for facilities to make sure crash carts are standardized and fully stocked in the event of an emergency. Joint Commission's Guide to Preventing Falls: e Joint Commission published a Sentinel Event Alert on preventing falls and fall-related injuries in healthcare facilities that includes recommended actions to help prevent falls as well as additional fall prevention tools and resources. n Hospital & Health System CMO, CNO and Chief Quality Officer Moves Lafayette (La.) General Health named Ziad Ashkar, MD, CMO. Dr. Ashkar was previously section chief of medicine. Aaron Crum, MD, was named CMO of Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center. Dr. Crum is an OB/GYN. Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Healthcare named Traci Duncan, DNP, vice president and CNO. Murray (Ky.)-Calloway County Hospital appointed Jeffrey Eye, RN, MSN, CNO. Mr. Eye was previously with St. Luke's Health System in Kansas City, Mo. e Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT named Rebecca Freeman, RN, the new CNO of the agency. Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health appointed Susan Grant, RN, BSN, executive vice president and CNO. Kenneth Green, MD, was named the first CMO for Leitchfield, Ky.-based Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center. Jonathan Kaper, MD, was named CMO and patient safety officer of Beaumont Hospital-Trenton (Mich.). He is an anesthesiologist. Martin Koonsman, MD, the CMO of Dallas-based Methodist Health System, was named president of Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Memorial Medical Center in Modesto, Calif., named Bruce Laverty, MD, its chief medical executive. Dr.