In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee released a new...Read More »
According to the latest edition of the Archive of Surgery, a basic bedside technique of gently probing a surgical incision to clean the area can...Read More »
You can't read anything about patient safety and quality or health reform without running into the topic of healthcare-associated infections (...Read More »
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 »