Hampton Regional Medical Center Earns Certified Zero Harm Award(s) for 2025
From left, Lydia Jarrell,RN Utilization Review Nurse, Michael Daly, NP-C, Director of Hospitalist Services, Kellie Gibson, RN, Infection Control Preventionist, Dr. Mark Wikenheiser, Orthopedic Surgeon, and Niki Goodson, BSN, RN, Quality Control Coordinator.From left, Lydia Jarrell,RN Utilization Review Nurse, Michael Daly, NP-C, Director of Hospitalist Services, Kellie Gibson, RN, Infection Control Preventionist, Dr. Mark Wikenheiser, Orthopedic Surgeon, and Niki Goodson, BSN, RN, Quality Control Coordinator.
These clinical awards are a recognition of our commitment to patient safety and highly reliable care Varnville South Carolina –March 6, 2026 Hampton Regional Medical Center is proud to announce that we’ve been awarded four Certified Zero Harm Awards for 2025 by the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA). These awards recognize healthcare facilities that have successfully eliminated some of the most common medical errors, demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to patient safety and high-reliability care.
“Receiving the Zero Harm award is meaningful for our hospital and for the community we serve. In a rural setting, every patient is our neighbor, and our team works every day to ensure they receive the safest, highest-quality care possible,” said HRMC Quality Assurance Coordinator, Niki Goodson, BSN, RN. HRMC earned awards as recognition of their high standards of care and ongoing commitment to continuous process improvement.
“SCHA’s Zero Harm Award winners are an inspiration to hospitals across the state,” says SCHA President & CEO Thornton Kirby. “Achieving zero patient harm requires a strong culture of teamwork and high reliability.”
The Zero Harm program launched in 2013 in partnership with The Duke Endowment and The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare and helps support statewide efforts to reduce preventable harm. Through a variety of initiatives like the South Carolina Safe Care Commitment and Safe Surgery 2015, SCHA and the Zero Harm program have helped hospitals implement proven safety practices across all phases of care.
Thanks to these efforts, hospitals across the state frequently eliminate common areas of patient harm, like surgical site infections or central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). The awards are independently validated through a collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Public Health, reinforcing the state’s widespread commitment to patient safety.
“The Zero Harm program shows how public and private sector partnerships improve the quality of life in South Carolina,” says Melanie Matney, the Chief Operating Officer of SCHA and the President of the SCHA Foundation. “As medical errors continue to be a major concern across the country, South Carolina has developed a blueprint for reducing avoidable harm in our healthcare facilities that other states can
follow.”
