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Infection Prevention and Cardiac Implants: Sometimes, More Is Less
The authors found that many common “interventions are ineffective, and that the simplest strategies (those designed to limit bleeding risk and avoid implantations in patients with active infections) have the strongest potential to improve CIED infection outcomes.” -
Researchers Show Understaffing Translates to Infections
Understaffing of registered nurses for two consecutive work shifts showed a statistically significant increase in healthcare-associated infections, researchers report in a new study. -
Waterborne Bugs: Common Routes of Transmission
The CDC reported on its consultations related to "potential or confirmed transmission of water-related organisms in healthcare." -
IPs Key to Preventing Waterborne Infections
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expands its focus on waterborne pathogens, infection preventionists are viewed as having a critical role in their facilities’ water management plans. -
Patient Who Sustained Permanent Brain Damage After Asthma Attack Awarded $110 Million
This medical malpractice action focused on whether the defendant physicians’ decision not to transfer the patient, who could have received different treatment at a better-equipped facility, constituted a breach of the applicable standard of care.
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Hospital and Physicians Liable in Case of Woman Who Died Hours After Giving Birth
The primary lesson in this case is for physicians and care providers to take into account a patient’s specific medical history and medical conditions when determining the proper level of care and appropriate treatment for the patient.
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FDA: 5% of Duodenoscopes Still Contaminated After Reprocessing
In reporting continuing problems disinfecting complex duodenoscopes, FDA officials recently sought input from an infection control advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They received it in no uncertain terms. -
Leapfrog Sees Improvements in Patient Safety
Poor hospital performance on 16 patient safety measures causes more than 161,000 deaths annually, according to a recent report from the Leapfrog Group and Johns Hopkins — but that is a decrease from 2016 figures.
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LabCorp and Quest Breaches Show Vulnerability of Data
All sectors are seeing an increase in breaches due to third-party service providers, business associates/partners, and even commercial off-the-shelf products compromised during manufacture.
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Supreme Court Extends False Claims Act Limit to 10 Years for Most Cases
The decision involving Cochise Consultancy addressed which of two statutes of limitation in the False Claims Act applies in the event a relator brings an action but the government has not intervened.