Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Stories
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3 things to know about Effingham Surgery Center's outcomes, patient satisfaction
Effingham (Ill.) Ambulatory Surgery Center uses its quality outcomes as a selling point. - 1/11/19 -
3 things to know about cybersecurity in ASCs
Here are three must-read articles covering cybersecurity in ASCs: - 1/10/19 -
Low hand hygiene awareness & glove use may hurt compliance: 6 study insights
Healthcare personnel aren't familiar with the World Health Organization's "five moments" for hand hygiene, which may contribute to lower compliance, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. - 1/9/19 -
Wrong-site surgery & transfer rates drop in ASCs for Q3 — 6 key statistics
All-cause hospital transfer and wrong-site surgery rates dropped in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of 2018, according to the ASC Quality Collaboration's latest ASC quality report - 1/9/19 -
Gloves may be a barrier to hand hygiene compliance: 4 research insights
Glove use is an important element of infection control efforts, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control. - 1/7/19 -
Mobile devices and paper records responsible for the most data breaches: 3 study insights
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine and cited by Medscape examined the number of healthcare data breaches associated with mobile devices. - 1/3/19 -
4 things to know about quality, safety improvement in ASCs in 2018
Here are five key insights on quality and safety improvements for ASCs: - 12/28/18 -
Do behavior monitoring systems improve hand hygiene compliance? 4 study insights
A review of behavior monitoring systems for hand hygiene compliance published in the American Journal of Infection Control studied how well the systems improve handwashing behavior. - 12/27/18 -
New Jersey ASC may have exposed 3,700 patients to bloodborne pathogens: 6 things to know
Saddle Brook, N.J.-based HealthPlus Surgery Center potentially exposed patients to bloodborne pathogens after discovering an issue with its sterilization process and medication injections at the center. - 12/26/18 -
33% of healthcare organizations experienced more than 1 ransomware attack in 2018
Twenty-seven percent of healthcare employees said their organization experienced a ransomware attack in the past five years, according to a Kaspersky Lab report cited by HIPAA Journal. - 12/19/18 -
Handwashing doesn't affect bacteria diversity — 3 insights
MDLinx examined study data to weigh whether physicians should shake their patients' hands due to the risk of spreading bacteria. - 12/18/18 -
Does hand hygiene improve when healthcare workers don't know they're being watched? 3 study insights
Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined if both overt and covert observation increase hand hygiene compliance. - 12/17/18 -
Bacteria remains after cleaning stethoscopes — 4 study insights
A study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology analyzed stethoscope bacteria quantities, finding bacteria often remained after disinfection practices. - 12/17/18 -
Compliance increases with access to hand hygiene products in OR: 3 study insights
Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control detailed how educating anesthesia providers on the World Health Organization's five indications for hand hygiene and increasing access to hand hygiene products in the operating room can increase compliance. - 12/13/18 -
16K patients affected in Redwood Eye Center data breach: 4 details
Vallejo, Calif.-based Redwood Eye Center's managed service provider experienced a data breach affecting 16,000 patients' health information, HIPAA Journal reported. - 12/11/18 -
39.5 percent of primary care physicians report experiencing EHR stress — 3 study insights
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association tied EHR-use-related stress to increase physician burnout rates, MD Linx reports. - 12/10/18 -
5 must-know research studies on hand hygiene in 2018
Here are five studies published in 2018 covering topics related to hand hygiene. - 12/7/18 -
5 must-reads for ASCs developing an infection control program
Here are five articles for ASC leaders to reference when developing an infection control program: - 12/7/18 -
Rise of antimicrobial drug resistant organisms could pose risk for ASCs: 6 key infection control details to know
Relias Media detailed the potential risk antimicrobial drug resistant organisms could pose to ASCs. - 12/5/18 -
Continuous monitoring of hand hygiene sheds light on compliance: 5 study details
Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control detailed how continuous electronic monitoring of individuals' hand hygiene can more accurately calculate compliance over just following the World Health Organization's guidelines that rely on direct observation. - 12/5/18
