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Congress Considers Legislation Addressing Healthcare Provider Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed historic burdens on already-taxed frontline clinicians.
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COVERED Project Seeks to Protect ED Personnel from COVID-19
This is an issue loaded with nuance. Much depends on such factors as how someone works in the emergency department (ED), what procedures they perform, what specific practices they use when performing those procedures, and how often they are exposed. A multidimensional study that seeks to capture all these complexities is well underway, with the goal of delivering solid answers to nurses, physicians, and even many nonclinical personnel who staff EDs across the United States.
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Joint Commission’s Patient Safety Goals Emphasize Surgical Site Infections
An overview of the latest revisions.
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Need a Quality Improvement Project for the Fall? Examine Center’s COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 gives accredited surgery centers both a challenge and an opportunity: Ensuring all policies and procedures are in line with state, federal, and other infection prevention requirements concerning the pandemic.
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Moving into Flu Season, Align Plans with COVID-19 Contingencies
A summary of how to keep employees and patients safe moving into the fall.
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Advocates: Long-Term Facilities Remain Hot Spots for COVID-19
Persistent personal protective equipment and testing shortages exacerbate problems.
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Can Antibiotics Sterilize an Infected Heart Valve Before Surgery?
In a study of the relationship between the duration of antibiotic therapy and a positive surgically excised heart valve culture in patients with infective endocarditis, researchers observed positive valve culture incidence decreases exponentially on antibiotic therapy for 14 days then plateaus with no effect after 21 days of therapy.
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Hospitals Cut Common Infection Cases by Half with Scalable Process for System Goals
Research suggests mergers may cause a quality decline. When hospitals in Massachusetts were facing a merger, leaders sought to address the quality issue head-on and achieved substantial improvements in some categories, including a reduction in Clostridioides difficile cases.
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Simulation Can Improve Staff PPE Safety
It is important for healthcare workers to learn and practice the correct way to wear personal protective equipment. One helpful technique is to use medical simulation.