A new study found that almost half of U.S. hospitals are failing to take the required steps to prevent C. diff infections, which kill nearly 30,000 people annually.
Adverse drug events (ADE) make up an overwhelming number of healthcare-acquired conditions (HAC), but prevention efforts are often overshadowed by more pressing and more regulated needs surrounding healthcare-acquired infections (HAI).
Although patient safety data has played a larger role in dictating hospital and state initiatives, sometimes statistics are only one piece of the puzzle.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 5
In public discussion, workplace violence often receives top billing as a hospital situation that is preventable?or at least should be preventable. Regulatory bodies and accreditation agencies treat it similarly, having made workplace violence a (justifiable) focus in recent years. But...
Recent carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) outbreaks at two Los Angeles hospitals have raised serious questions regarding reprocessing procedures tied to duodenoscopes and the risks patients face during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures.
In February, representatives from pulmonary medicine and patient safety organizations gathered with respiratory medicine thought leaders in a roundtable discussion hosted by the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care. Their main objective: Identify ways to recognize...
Fifteen years after the Institute of Medicine's landmark report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) convened quality care experts to discuss patient safety priorities for the next 15 years.
