The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has developed numerous posters which provide information on hand hygiene and are available as a free download.
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The Department of Veteran Affairs National Center for Patient Safety has published a free, downloadable pamphlet for patients called "Ensuring Correct Safety."
The World Health Organization provides a free, downloadable surgical safety checklist.
The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…
CMS is accepting comments on two potential quality measures for hospital patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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To promote safe work practices, healthcare personnel need to have an awareness of the risk of injury throughout the time a sharp is exposed and use a combination of strategies to protect themselves and their co-workers throughout the handling of…
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a part of the CDC, offers a free, downloadable brochure on waste anesthetic gases.
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign into law legislation that would require healthcare providers to signify infections as the contributing factor or cause of death on deceased persons' death certificates, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch news report.
A new quality reporting mandate, known as the Model Healthcare-Associated Infections Law, has been passed in North Carolina, according to a Hospira news release.