The University of Iowa Computational Epidemiology Group provides a free, downloadable iPhone/iPod Touch application for the monitoring of hand hygiene compliance.
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Here are the 10 most-read reports from Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control in September. Note: Clicking a story link will open the report in a new tab.
The Veterans Health Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, has issued a patient safety alert on look-alike hemodialysis solutions.
The Sustainable Hospitals Program, located within the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Work Environment, and part of The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, offers free, downloadable guidelines for how — and why — to make a display board of…
The Sustainable Hospitals Program, located within the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Work Environment, and part of The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, offers free, downloadable guidelines for how to make an inventory list of sharps devices.
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The Joint Commission has identified the top five Joint Commission requirements that were most frequently identified as "not compliant" for the first half of 2011 for accredited organizations and certified programs, including ambulatory care and hospitals, according to the Sept.…
GOJO, a global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions and the inventors of PURELL, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable sample environmental cleaning schedule for ambulatory surgery centers.
One-quarter of all Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers in Ohio could face surprise or scheduled inspections by CMS or the state's department of health over the next year, according to an Ohio Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers report.
The Joint Commission has published a new report that examines catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals, according to a Joint Commission news release.
A new California bill that would tighten scrutiny of surgery centers and their ability to meet safety requirements awaits the governor's signature, according to a Los Angeles Times report.