The Office of Healthcare Quality and the HHS Partnership for Patients have announced the launch of a new infection prevention campaign for families and cargegivers.
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In an interview with Minnesota Public Radio, Jon Hallberg, MD, a physician in family medicine at the University of Minnesota and director of the Mill City Clinic, discussed reducing errors in the outpatient setting.
The laboratory at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, N.Y., has been suspended for 30 days due to failure to meet accepted standards for blood transfusion and blood bank services, according to a New York State Department of Health…
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses has released a new recommended practice for medication safety, according to an AORN news release (pdf).
The Joint Commission has announced its incoming board of commissioners for 2012, according to a Joint Commission news release.
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The Joint Commission has published a fact sheet (pdf) about the Universal Protocol.
The World Health Organization provides a free, downloadable preventing needlestick injuries toolkit.
The Hand Hygiene Resource Center provides a free, downloadable and adaptable hand hygiene slide presentation.
The following article is written by Anne Dean, RN, BSN, LRM, CEO and co-founder of The ADA Group. As America's waistband expands more and more, we are seeing patients who qualify for the classification of the morbidly obese being…
The following article is written by Stephen Lober, MD, director of research and development, and Sean Berry, MPA, RN, CNO, clinical director, for OP-marks. The surgical time out is now a standard component of the Universal Protocol for the prevention…