Johns Hopkins Medicine has developed a number of resources to help improve hand hygiene at its organizations.
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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.
An estimated $150 million worth of surgical disposables — no longer expected to be used — are sitting on the shelves of ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals and other facilities, says Gary Van Meer, founder of Palm Harbor Medical, a wholesale…
Recent research findings show a 1.6 percent annual increase in the number of positive patient responses to hospital patient satisfaction surveys, according to a HealthGrades news release.
Although some notable teaching hospitals excel in preventing hospital-acquired infections, other teaching hospitals do not, according to research conducted by Consumer Reports.
VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey queried leaders from the country's 20 largest and most well-respected ASC management and operating companies and found that five factors impacted surgery center value more than others.
CMS, in conjunction with the Medicare FFS Program, has announced two National 5010 Testing Days — June 15 and August 24.
Microtest Laboratories is offering a free white paper on validation of cleaning processes for medical devices, according to a release from the company.