1. Video Auditing in Addition to Feedback Can Improve, Sustain Hand Hygiene Practices.

2. Study: Satisfied Patients Not Always Healthiest.

3. Staff Education Tool: Guide to Needlestick/Sharps Injury Prevention.

4. Patient Safety Tool: Medication Safety Toolkit.

5. Upcoming Webinars:

Driving Perioperative Performance to Improve Bottom Line (Tues., Feb. 21, 1:30-2:30 PM CST). To register for this complimentary webinar, .

How the Anesthesia Care Team Model Can Contribute to Clinical Quality Excellence in Your OR (Tues., Feb. 28, 1:15-2:15 PM CST). To register for this complimentary webinar, .

6. Study: NQF Safe Practices Decreases Risk of Mortality.

7. Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients May Be Better at Specialty POHs.  

8. Recent CNO Moves:

Jennifer Woods Named Northern Michigan Regional CNO.

Audrey Jadczak Named CNO of Lourdes Health in Pennsylvania. 

9. ASC Infection Prevention Education: A Necessary Evil or a Dose of Fun?

10. Healthcare Experts, Hospitals Continue to Criticize Reliability of Quality Measures.
 

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