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CMS’ Final HAC Rule Baffles Hospitals
Hospitals are struggling to understand The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' final rule on Medicaid payment...
Web Exclusive: Feds Rev HAI Prevention Guidelines
Training healthcare personnel and maintaining safety protocols to prevent hospital-acquired, catheter-related...
Web Exclusive: Medical Error Rates Vary Widely, HealthGrades Finds
Patients have a 46% lower risk of experiencing a safety incident at a top-rated hospital compared to a poorly rated...
Clostridium difficile infections increasing among children
Clostridium difficile, a nasty, infectious disease that tends to spread in hospitals, is cropping up in more U.S...
Web Exclusive: A Call for Standardized Infection Detection Practices
A review of pediatric intensive care units turns up variability among catheter-associated bloodstream infection...
Web Exclusive: Falling TB Rates Point to Greater Danger for U.S.
Researchers have created computer simulations that show a paradoxical correlation between falling ordinary...
Hospital infections: The hidden epidemic
Going to the hospital puts you in harm's way. Hospitals know this and avoid talking about it. And until now, the...
VA takes heat at hearing on dental safety lapse
Congressmen and veterans took turns lambasting the Veterans Administration Tuesday for its handling of medical-safety...
Hand Hygiene Rates Improved Through Variety of Reinforcement Styles
It takes more than one method to bring a hospital's hand hygiene compliance rate above 90%. At Barnes-Jewish St. Peters...
Teamwork Scores Hand Hygiene Success
Every staff member—from physician leaders to student nurses—shares the same rallying cry at MultiCare...

Book: Infection Control Compliance Guide, Third Edition
Infection Control Compliance Guide, Third Edition, is an concise, easy-to-use third edition of a best seller. It's your...
Book: Infection Prevention Policy and Procedure Manual for Hospitals
With more than 300 pages, this manual provides worksheets, job descriptions, policies, forms, and other helpful tools...
Audio Conference: Slash Your Readmission Rates
With 20% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries discharged from a hospital being readmitted within 30 days, two of...