Lohfert Prize 2018 awarded

02.10.2018 17:34

In the presence of the patron, the Hamburg Senator for Health Cornelia Prufer-Storcks, the foundation chairman Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Kai Zacharowski ceremoniously received the 2018 Lohfert Prize, worth 20,000 euros, on September 19, 2018. The award was given to the “AHOI patient in the boat” project under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. habil. Nils-Olaf Hübner, M.Sc. from the Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine at the University Medical Center Greifswald. The award ceremony took place as part of the 14th Hamburg Health Industry Congress.

Prof. Dr. med. habil. Nils-Olaf Hübner also accepted the award on behalf of the entire “AHOI patient in the boat” team. The award-winning project aims to improve hygiene behavior in hospitals, care facilities and doctor's offices. While previous measures were primarily aimed at the hygiene behavior of medical and nursing staff, what is special about this project is the active inclusion and empowerment of patients and those in need of care as well as their relatives.

About the Lohfert Prize

The 2018 Lohfert Prize was awarded on the topic “Culture change in hospitals: Multidimensional concepts to improve the (patient) safety culture”. As in previous years, the focus should be on projects that demonstrate and implement measurable quality for patients in this sense.

With the Lohfert Prize, the Christoph Lohfert Foundation honors and promotes tried-and-tested and sustainable concepts that focus on hospital inpatients, their needs and interests.

Outlook:
Theme of the Lohfert Prize 2019
The title of the Lohfert Prize 2019 is:: “More time for the patient – digital concepts to relieve the burden on care“. Applications for the Lohfert Prize 2019 can be submitted from mid-October www.christophlohfert-stiftung.de be submitted. The application deadline is February 28, 2019.

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