Chemical Exposure Provides Vital Training

At 8:30 a.m. this morning, Kona Community Hospital was exposed to a chemical agent called Xylene in the Emergency Department (ED). When the odor was detected, proactive measures were put in place to ensure patients, families of patients and employees were safe. An Incident Command Center was immediately established, the appropriate organizations were contacted and instructions to transfer Emergency Room patients to other units were

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Hospital’s Clinical Scores Continue to Improve

Kona Community Hospital (KCH) is a leader in following evidenced-based medicine practices used by Medicare as reflected in its overall composite score of 97% for Core Measures in the first quarter 2011. The hospital’s overall score in 2010 was 96% and in 2009 95%. “Core Measures” refers to practices that assess a hospital’s compliance with standard practices for the treatment of

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