CDC: Half of gay black men will likely face HIV diagnosis | 4 key elements of early sepsis recognition, response | Hospital board chairman charged with stalking | Why Brigham and Women’s blogs about medical errors From: Becker's Infection Control…
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RN helped with surgery at VA hospital while drunk, police say | Healthcare CEO faces life in prison for fraud that led to 2 patient deaths | Want to fight drug-resistant superbugs? Have a glass of mead | Homeless man’s…
OR mechanical problem cancels surgeries at Phoenix VA | Lawyer: 2 Swedish patients test positive for hep B | Hospital pays hackers $17k to get medical records back | Outpatient flu visits spike across US From: Becker's Infection Control &…
[Nurse leadership] Woman posing as RN arrested in Indiana | High nurse staffing ratios linked with lower mortality | 5 ways to motivate millennials, from millennials From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject: [Nurse leadership] Woman posing as…
Teen poses as physician, again | How Virginia Mason overhauled its scope reprocessing practices | 8 Wisconsin hospitals with cleanest rooms | Major collaboration reduces C. diff infections 36% From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject: Teen poses…
FDA issues guidance to keep Zika out of blood supply | How prepared are hospitals, physicians for the Zika virus? | CMS releases core measures for quality-based payment | Hackers shut down Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center IT systems From: Becker's…
4 strategies to prevent unintended retention of foreign objects | What Justice Scalia’s death could mean for healthcare | The number of armed security guards in hospitals is growing – so is the debate over their necessity | 16 exec…
CDC finds strongest link yet between Zika and microcephaly | Investigation completes at Fla. hospital where woman died after being forcibly removed | Wrong-patient procedure performed on newborn at Tennessee hospital From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject:…
[Nurse leadership] Nurses: The silver bullet for hand hygiene compliance improvement? | 4 pitfalls that trip up new execs | 12 hospitals with the unhealthiest food options From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject: [Nurse leadership] Nurses: The…
Top 10 sentinel events in 2015 | Johns Hopkins 1st in US to offer HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplants | Dengue outbreak on Hawaiian island | 44 hospitals with the lowest door-to-diagnoses ED wait times From: Becker's Infection Control &…
