10 New Studies on Patient Safety and Quality Issues

Here are 10 reports recently published by the Becker’s family of publications on studies concerning patient safety and quality of care issues.

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1. Highly Trained Nurses Key to Improving Care for Chronically Ill

 

2. Researchers Discover New Strain of MRSA That May Go Undetected Under Testing

 

3. Younger Medicare Patients More Frequently Readmitted

 

4. Proper Screening Greatly Reduces Complications for Plastic Surgery in Elderly Patients

 

5. UF Study Reveals Common Viruses May Affect Critically Ill Patients

 

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6. UPenn Study Suggests EDs Impact Hospital Readmissions

 

7. Risk Factors for Adverse Drug Outcomes Include Medication Burden, Patient Age

 

8. Use of Implantable Device, Urinary Catheter Insertion Risk Factors for Pediatric Surgical Site Infections

 

9. MRSA Outbreak in One Hospital May Affect Other Facilities in the Same Region

 

10. Hospital Patients’ Cell Phones are Major Carriers of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

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