Children’s of Alabama and the Kaul Pediatric Research Institute (KPRI) are pleased to announce the 2020 Quality and Safety Awards. The major goal of the KPRI Quality and Safety Grant Program is to allow teams to identify and address specific quality and safety issues that cannot easily be addressed using existing operational resources or structures.

This year, two grants were awarded. All funded applications are directed toward the improvement of child health care. Thank you to all who submitted applications!

Congratulations to the following awardees.

“Review of Bacterial Tracheitis Diagnosis and Management”

Nicole Samies, D.O., fellow in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

The objective of this project is to develop and utilize a standard process for the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial tracheitis which will result in more appropriate use of antibiotics.

“Improving Glycemic Control in High-risk Patients with Type I Diabetes”

Mary Lauren Scott, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes 

The objective of this project is to reduce the percentage of patients with type 1 diabetes seen at Children’s of Alabama outpatient services with evidence of chronically elevated high blood sugars to be no more than 15% and to improve the percentage of patients with type 1 diabetes using a continuous glucose monitor from 22% to 50% by June 30, 2021.