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Bare below elbows: Common sense or nonsense?
Is it time for clinicians to lose the white coats, long sleeves, and neckties in favor of bare arms for patient care? Citing anecdotal evidence, common sense, and the limited data available in the absence of clinical trials, the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics is doing just that beginning January 2016, said Michael Edmond, hospital epidemiologist at the Iowa City facility.
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Parents of 350 babies warned of possible TB transmission from infected worker
As patient notifications of potential exposures to infectious disease go, it doesn’t get much worse than telling parents their newborn baby may be in danger.
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Are novel flu vaccines an answer for high-risk patients?
Amid ongoing efforts to get 90% of healthcare workers immunized against seasonal flu by 2020, researchers are seeking to boost the immunity of high-risk patients to protect them from serious and even fatal flu infections in the hospital and the community.
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VA hospital system may mandate staff flu shots in ‘near future’
With a new study finding that virtually none of the nation’s 150 Veterans Health Administration hospitals have mandatory flu shot policies for healthcare workers — leaving vaccination rates languishing in the 55% range — the VA system is considering a vaccine mandate to protect patients and coworkers, Hospital Infection Control & Prevention has learned.
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Jobs outlook improving in healthcare industry
The healthcare economy is improving enough that healthcare professionals are reporting significantly more confidence in their careers, and risk managers might have reason to feel confident in their futures.
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Incomes on the rise after being flat for six years
Incomes in healthcare risk management are inching upward after six years of stagnation. The jump isn’t much, but at least the trend is in the right direction.
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Risks increasing, but risk managers are losing traction in hospitals
At a time when the risks to hospitals and health systems are on the increase, some healthcare risk managers feel as though they are being pushed to the sidelines and their responsibilities delegated among other hospital administrators, says Leilani Kicklighter, a patient safety and risk management consultant with The Kicklighter Group in Tamarac, FL, and a past president of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management in Chicago.
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Medication mix-up leaves 51-year-old patient with permanent brain damage after heart surgery
In 2011, a 51-year-old man was undergoing heart surgery when complications requiring resuscitation arose. The man required cardioversion and was resuscitated after being shocked five or six times.
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Patient’s complaints of pain lead to incomplete exam and $2.2 million jury award
In 2012, a man involved in a logging accident severely injured his back. He was transported to a local hospital, where a physician ordered X-rays of the man’s back. During the course of the man’s X-rays, he complained of being in too much pain to complete the thoracic spine series the physician had ordered.
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Hospital safety scores show some improvements
The Hospital Safety Scores released recently by The Leapfrog Group show key shifts among many hospitals on the letter grades rating them on errors, injuries, accidents, and infections.