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Report offers comprehensive look at national and state infection rates, highlighting challenges that still face hospitals
A medical error that resulted in a patient's death prompted the health system to make drastic changes to patient safety
Who should be notified when a medication has been recalled for safety reasons by the FDA or by the manufacturer?
A new study found that physicians are overprescribing antibiotics, which researchers say are ineffective in treating acute bronchitis.
The implementation of new and revised diagnostic imaging standards from The Joint Commission has been postponed for a year.
Fill in the blank: The Joint Commission standards that cover sedation and anesthesia apply to all patients in any setting who receive ___________________ or _________________________.
A new report found that sepsis is present in as many as one in every two hospitalized patients who die.
Public-private partnerships led to decrease in patient harm during 2011 and 2012.
Dialysis equipment must be properly maintained. ____________ and _____________ testing must be performed on all water used for dialysis.
