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The Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services provides a free, downloadable poster to encourage proper respiratory hygiene.

The Greater Omaha Chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology provides a free, downloadable sterile processing checklist.

Here are reports featuring 13 downloadable patient safety and staff education tools which were added to the Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control Downloadable Patient Safety Tools and Resources database during the week of Aug. 15-Aug. 19.

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R - Ohio) is set to introduce a bill that would permit the government to fine and imprison Veterans Health Administration employees who ignore infection control practices, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has released a corrective action plan in response to a CMS investigation that found the hospital had numerous patient safety deficiencies that endangered the hospital's Medicare/Medicaid status, according to a hospital announcement.

So you have a great idea for a quality study. You identify the problem or opportunity — it is meaningful and measurable. You take the time collect great data. But now what do you do with it?

The CDC provides free, downloadable posters and a screen saver intended to emphasize the concepts and techniques to increase hand hygiene at your facility.

The Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, the Medicare quality improvement organization for Oklahoma, provides a free, downloadable preventive services patient data collection form for use in physician offices.

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology provides a free, downloadable flyer on hand hygiene.

The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) has announced a webinar it cosponsored with the AOA Bureau of Hospitals on the HFAP certification program for primary stroke centers is now available for reply.