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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in collaboration with the CDC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, prepared the "How-to Guide: Improving Hand Hygiene — A Guide for Improving Practices…

Joel B. Singer, MD, a physician with the Center of Ambulatory Surgery in Westport, Conn., says he expects the center to rectify 23 violations that state health department investigators cited during a visit in May, according to a Westport Now…

Johns Hopkins Medicine has developed a number of resources to help improve hand hygiene at its organizations.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a free video showing the importance of practicing proper hand hygiene in places such as hospitals and other facilities.

The Joint Commission has published a fact sheet about its official "do not use" list of medical abbreviations.

The Hand Hygiene Resource Center has provided free "hand hygiene monitoring tools" as part of its efforts to provide resources to help educate physicians, clinicians, nurses and other staff about hand hygiene.

The federal government, hospitals and health insurers are working together to reduce the high incidence of preventable readmissions, which the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says clocks in at 4.4 million annual, according to a Wall Street Journal news…

Four patient safety bills, aimed at increasing transparency at hospitals, are awaiting action, according to a Las Vegas Sun news report.

Here are 10 reports recently published by the Becker's family of publications on studies concerning patient safety and quality of care issues.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created three free, downloadable posters relating to sharps safety to help healthcare facilities prevent needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries to healthcare personnel.