By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
During the May 28 meeting of the Guthrie County Hospital Board of Trustees, Clinical Safety and Quality Coordinator Danielle Lauzon shared information about a recently completed “drill.”
“We participated in an exercise with Public Health, longterm care, and Emergency Management about a month ago. It was for extreme heat,” Lauzon said. “We identified some areas for improvement. It was a good exercise.”
Lauzon also talked about an upcoming drill.
“June 10 we are going to participate in a big exercise with Adair County Hospital, EMS, Public Health, long-term care, and the law enforcement. It’s going to be at the school. It’s going to be an active threat,” Lauzon said. “It will start at 12:30 p.m. and go until about 6:30 p.m.”
Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Anderson provided a report on hiring and staffing. She noted that employee retention rate is now 89.2%. She also noted a recent achievement.
“Thanks to our great increase on our employee engagement survey score, we have been named a ‘Top Workplace.’ It’s sponsored by The Des Moines Register,” Anderson said. “We scored well enough in six categories to be given that award.”
Chief Operations Officer Travis Martin reported on the construction progress at the hospital.
“Tuesday of next week (June 2), we’ll start work on some storm sewer, and that will reduce 12th Street to a single lane,” he said. “So, they’ll be working in the east half of that, and there will only be passage on the west half.”
The next regular meeting of the trustees is set for Thursday, June 25 at 4 p.m. The public is welcome.