Articles

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 11

Hand hygiene compliance insights from the University of Tennessee Medical Center

October 22, 2019
Infection Control, Quality & Errors

To reach compliance goals of 90% or higher, systems need to measure 100% of all hand hygiene events. 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 11

Q&A: Zero harm study

October 14, 2019
Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Anne Marie Benedicto, MPP, MPH, vice president of The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, speaks about the Center’s first-ever broad-based study on zero harm and what they’ve learned from it.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 11

Zero harm study finds many struggling to achieve goal

October 8, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Two million providers say they don’t have the resources to achieve zero harm 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 11

Hospital policy changes – Measles, Flu and Candida auris

September 30, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

More healthcare systems are reviewing existing health tracking policies of employees and vendors to prevent unnecessary exposure to both patients and staff.More healthcare systems are reviewing existing health tracking policies of employees and vendors to prevent unnecessary exposure to both...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

The germs that should scare your clinic staff

September 24, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety

New superbugs are emerging that the CDC and other agencies say can’t be stopped. Here’s what you should do to keep them from overtaking your clinic.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

When parents bring children to appointments, does treatment suffer?

September 24, 2019
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Imagine discussing your cancer treatment options before a closely listening 7-year-old. 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

Fighting stress and burnout in your clinic

September 16, 2019
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff

Some of the biggest hazards facing medical staff (and the patients they treat) are lack of rest, long hours, and stressful conditions.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

Too many antibiotics given in pneumonia treatment

September 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Giving patients “too much” ultimately increased their risk of adverse events.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

September 10, 2019
Workplace safety

Then they got the real thing

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

TJC’s Quick Safety addresses drug diversion

September 3, 2019
Quality & Errors

“Even the best efforts have not completely eradicated diversion,” says Robert Campbell, PharmD, is the director of Medication Management at The Joint Commission.

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