The Johns Hopkins Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care provides a free, downloadable placement guide for where to put hand hygiene promotional materials.
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will publish healthcare quality report cards for more than 70 hospitals, which showed women in the state suffer twice as many surgical site infections after vaginal hysterectomies than national rates, according to a Boston…
The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health has published four priorities for 2012, including full implement of a total product life cycle approach and enhanced communication and transparency.
Results from a recent study showed at least one sample from 95 percent of 20 electronic faucets was contaminated with Legionella species, compared to 45 percent of 20 manual faucets, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
A team of Stanford University researchers have developed a Web-based game called Septris designed to teach clinicians how to diagnose and treat sepsis.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health offers a free, downloadable record-keeping log for on-site treatment of medical or biological waste.
Soma Technology, a provider of new and refurbished medical equipment to healthcare facilities worldwide, has announced the company will make a donation to a hospital in every Latin American country the company visits, according to a Soma news release.
The use of ultrasound in regional anesthesia does not result in better pain outcomes compared to traditional methods, according to research published in the September 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia and reported in Anesthesiology News.
John Baumgarten, business development manager at QSE Technologies, was recently elected to the board of directors of Colorado Healthcare Strategy and Management, according to a report from QSE Technologies.
McKesson has announced it has acquired peerVue, a provider of radiology workflow and communication solutions, according to a McKesson news release.