True or false: Hands should be cleaned after taking a patient's pulse, moving the patient up in bed, or taking the patient's blood pressure.Read More »
True or false: When using an alcohol-based hand gel, the gel should be placed in the palm of the hand and the hands should be rubbed together...Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a media advisory stating that hospitals and dialysis centers should do more to...Read More »
The Joint Commission has opened 2012 National Patient Safety Goals (NSPG) for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and catheter-associated...Read More »
On July 7, staff members in the pediatric ICU (PICU) at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York (CCMC) celebrated one...Read More »
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has announced it will release a tool specifically targeting one of healthcare’s most...Read More »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a notice of proposed changes to the inpatient prospective payment systems (...Read More »
