Articles in Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18 Issue 7

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 7

Three keys to preventing workplace violence

July 14, 2017
Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

This spring, Ann Scott Blouin, RN, PhD, FACHE, executive vice president of The Joint Commission, wrote a blog post detailing the need for a...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 7

CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

July 14, 2017
Infection Control, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century.

Between 2006 and 2009, roughly 1.9% of surgical procedures in the United States resulted in SSI complications; however, it’s likely that...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 7

Burned out or under the influence? What to do about impaired medical staff

July 14, 2017
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: By the time the general public hears about an impaired clinician, whether it’s a nurse, technician, or physician, it’s usually after something bad has already happened. The infamous case of a New Hampshire technician who stole painkiller syringes and exposed thousands of...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 7

How to get readmission rates under control

July 14, 2017
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

To say readmissions are a big deal in medicine is a massive understatement. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was enacted in 2010 specifically to take on this problem and has imposed nearly $1 billion in penalties. An estimated $17 billion in Medicare spending is spent annually...