Researchers found interventions employing social pressures have varying impact on hand-hygiene compliance, whereas interventions focusing on organizational culture demonstrate a stronger impact, according to a study published in Critical Public Health.
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Although bar code technology in medication administration can help prevent medication errors, misuse of the technology can also yield negative results and create new potential medication errors, according to a study published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy.
A study which examined 72 published studies from the United States and United Kingdom found that reducing the number of hours worked by physicians to less than 80 a week had neutral effects on patient safety, according to a press…
Blue Chip Surgical Partners Vice President of Operations Regina E. Dolsen, RN, BSN, MA, outlines eight steps ambulatory surgery centers can take to reduce the likelihood of errors with look-alike/sound-alike drugs.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins found coupling an electronic prescription drug ordering system with a computerized method for reporting adverse events can dramatically reduce the number of medication errors in a hospital's psychiatric unit, according to a hospital news release.
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Although contact precautions are necessary in some circumstances, some infection prevention specialists and healthcare providers believe there are limitations to the contact precautions approach and that the practices may actually be harmful to patients in some cases, according to an…
Recent testimony on proposed Senate Bill 209 suggests strong support for the new measure, which seeks to continue public hospital reporting of sentinel events and also require disclosure of where those medical errors occurred, according to a KTNV news report.
Physician Surgery Center of Downey (Calif.) has received accreditation from the Institute for Medical Quality, according to a Downey Patriot report.
Fifteen safety initiatives in commercial aviation could improve patient safety in the healthcare industry, according to a report in the Milbank Quarterly.
A Nevada urologist who had his medical license suspended after he was accused of reusing single-use endocavity needle guides during biopsy procedures has taken out a paid advertisement in the Las Vegas Review-Journal in which he blames an unnamed equipment…