Showing posts with label HAIs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HAIs. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2015

New Study Finds Benefits to Increasing Nurse-Physician Collaboration

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Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) decreased when collaboration between nurses and physicians working in critical care increased, accor...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Study Finds Weekly Emails Can Empower Nurse Leaders to Help Curb Hospital Acquired Infections

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Incorporating hospital leaders into weekly email reports empowered nurses to better fight infections at Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) in ...
Friday, February 21, 2014

Interdisciplinary Team Approach Needed to Battle HAIs Effectively

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Nurse-led, interdisciplinary team-based approaches are needed to effectively prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), according to a ne...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

HHS Plan to Reduce HAIs on Track for Some Categories, Improvements Still Needed

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The Health and Human Services’ (HHS) plan to reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) has made progress in numerous areas, but more work i...
Friday, May 20, 2011

Can a Necktie Make You Sick?

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New legislation introduced in New York state would create an hygienic dress code for medical professionals in an attempt to reduce infection...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Pennsylvania Report Highlights Patient Safety Program, Reduction in Infections

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The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has issued its 2010 Annual Report highlighting its Patient Safety Liaison program, educational act...
Monday, October 4, 2010

New Study Shows Inconsistent Reporting Methods Related to HAIs for Pediatric Patients

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A significant cause of in-hospital deaths, bloodstream infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection in pediatric intensive car...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Lessons Learned from 9 States on Building Successful HAI Reporting Programs

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) account for 99,000 deaths per year. In ...
Monday, April 19, 2010

The Health and Human Services Department Cites a Need for Improvement on HAIs

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According to a report released last week, U.S. hospitals have offered "very little progress" in eliminating hospital-acquired infe...
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Friday, March 12, 2010

They All Agree...

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...from Pronovost , to Gawande , to INQRI's own grantee team at Johns Hopkins , they all agree - handwashing is vitally important to fig...
Friday, March 5, 2010

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals

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In Peter Pronovost's new book, Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals , he discusses a "toxic" hospital culture, in which nurses and p...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Sepsis and Pneumonia Caused by HAIs Killed 48,000 Patients; Cost $8.1 Billion

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Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion i...