Marietta Memorial Hospital has been named a finalist in the Ohio Patient Safety Institute Best Practice Award.

The distinction honors a health care organization for implementing the most innovative, evidence-based patient safety practice in the state.

The Best Practice Award recognizes a program that has demonstrated a focus on improving patient safety in a health care setting, while incorporating regional and national patient safety benchmarks and remaining unique to the Ohio health care market.

Twenty-nine hospitals submitted best practices programs. Marietta Memorial Hospital was recognized as a finalist for their hospital-wide initiative to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections.