Medication errors, patient identification errors, and surgical errors are some of the unfortunate events that take place all too frequently in healthcare. In the constant battle to prevent these adverse events, one word keeps cropping up: checklists.
As cliché as it might sound, the start of a new year brings a new opportunity to pause and plan for the 12 months ahead. Even though many of us run operations on a separate fiscal year, where budget planning takes precedence for new strategies and projects, I’m a firm believer that the beginning...
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The Joint Commission has opened 2012 National Patient Safety Goals (NSPG) for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) for hospitals and long-term care organizations.
