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Key Pieces of a Hospital Water Management Plan
Infection preventionists should familiarize themselves with their facility water systems and work with colleagues in engineering to ensure an outbreak of Legionella is not percolating in pipes.
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Legionella: Be Proactive to Avoid ‘Pain’ of Inspections
Infection preventionists who have put water management programs on the back burner could be in a world of pain if they encounter a case of Legionnaires’ disease — let alone an outbreak. -
Does Your Boss Know All That You Do?
As part of defining your role and knowing when to “stay in your lane,” make sure you are getting credit for all that you do. Doing so will bolster your case if you must say “no” to additional duties. -
Stay in Your Lane Framework
Infection preventionists at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis created a framework to help IPs better determine whether a given issue falls within their role and responsibilities or should be referred to another department. -
Stay in Your Lane: A Framework to Define Your Practice
Infection prevention is a diverse and demanding job, and IPs with a Swiss-knife skill set may understandably be asked by colleagues to take on all manner of problems and projects. Sometimes, the answer must be “no.”
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Opioid Shortage Could Increase Diversion Risk
The national shortage of opioid medications is contributing to drug diversion incidents by healthcare workers, as scarcity leads to hoarding of vials, and new and unfamiliar products make tampering less detectable. -
Hip Replacement Guarantee Required Solid Metrics
Geisinger health system’s decision to offer a lifetime guarantee on total hip replacements could only be made after reaching quality metrics that would make any hospital proud. -
Patient and Family Councils Make a Difference
A strong quality improvement infrastructure can be the perfect setting for developing a patient and family advisory council, says Libby Hoy, founder and CEO of Patient and Family Centered Care Partners in Long Beach, CA, which works with hospitals to encourage patient and family participation. -
Volunteer Advisors Round in ED to Reduce Falls, Improve Care
In 2012, leaders at Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, FL, were concerned that the patient voice was not heard and thought overall patient care and satisfaction could be improved by listening to them more. -
After One-time Training Fails, Long-term Approach Developed
A Texas hospital has learned that a checklist and one-time training do not always yield lasting results, so it developed a systematic, long-term approach to a vexing problem related to patient handoffs.