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Free Webinar: Leading Change from the Bedside: Nursing’s Role in Patient Safety

February 25, 2020
Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Nurses are essential members of the healthcare team, and are charged with delivering patient care in an increasingly complex environment. How do we harness their expertise, insights, and compassion to drive improved patient outcomes?

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 3

Open communication softens the impact of medical errors on patients and families

February 18, 2020
Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Open communication with patients after medical errors decreases emotional impacts and diminishes patient avoidance of doctors and organizations involved in errors, new research indicates.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 3

Incident command hospital offers tips on handling patient surge

February 18, 2020
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

As mass casualty events go, the 75-vehicle pileup on the Sunday before Christmas on an interstate in southeastern Virginia could have been much worse. 

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 3

Work with local healthcare coalitions to successfully manage mass casualty surge

February 18, 2020
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

Build off any protocols you already have for handling extra-busy days at your emergency department (ED) to create a patient surge plan that can seamlessly expand as needed during a local disaster.

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New Data on Sepsis Prevalence and Costs ‘Astonished’ DHHS Researchers

February 18, 2020
CMS, Data Tracking, Infection Control, Patient Safety

The largest sepsis study every conducted with Medicare data found a 40% increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with the deadly infection from 2012 to 2018.

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CDC: Focus on Protecting Staff and Supplies as Coronavirus Concerns Grow

February 18, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

Concerns in the public may be contributing to a growing shortage of PPE and other supplies.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 3

ECRI: 2020 health tech hazards

February 11, 2020
Infection Control, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

In its annual publication of the top 10 health technology hazards facing healthcare, the ECRI Institute lists the top five to be aware of in 2020:

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 3

Soap vs. superbugs

February 11, 2020
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Bathe patients with chlorhexidine soap to stop drug-resistant infections

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 3

Close the loop on test results

February 4, 2020
Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety

By Brian Ward

In December, The Joint Commission (TJC) released Quick Safety Issue 52: Advancing Safety With Closed-Loop Communication of Test Results. Closed-loop communication means that every test result is sent, received, and addressed in a timely manner, and the patient is notified of...

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Cardinal Health begins recall of contaminated surgical gowns

February 4, 2020
Infection Control, Patient Safety

By John Commins

Cardinal Health this week said it has launched "two voluntary field actions" for Cardinal Health Presource® Procedure Packs containing gowns that were part of its recent recall of AAMI Level 3 surgical gowns.

Cardinal Health customers will receive...

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