Patient safety and infection control experts commonly refer to hand hygiene as the simplest, most effective way to prevent disease transmission...Read More »
The Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are working on a new initiative to improve infection control in...Read More »
Many hospitals have focused on improving their culture of safety through a patient safety culture survey provided to staff members. But according...Read More »
Over the next couple of months, several Joint Commission programs, standards, and updates will go into effect. Here is a brief overview of some...Read More »
Despite the efforts of CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services, the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is on...Read More »
In April, a Pennsylvania patient was being treated for a urinary tract infection when her physicians discovered she had a strain of colistin-...Read More »
