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An impending visit by surveyors from the Joint Commission improved hand hygiene compliance rates, which remained higher than baseline even after the inspection, an epidemiologist reports.
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Federal counterterrorism officials are warning about a disturbing pattern of incidents in which people tried to gain access to hospitals by posing as surveyors from the Joint Commission.
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If you have doctors or nurses who still complain about awkward sharps safety devices, take a look at new technologies. Theres good news: Manufacturers have responded to concerns by producing safety devices that are more user-friendly, more effective, and integrate patient safety.
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Just as the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) granted hospitals new latitude to place alcohol-based hand rub containers in hallways, new fire concerns emerged that could restrict the use of alcohol-based surgical preparations in the operating room.
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If terrorists spread pneumonic plague in your community, will surgical masks be sufficient to protect health care workers? That question has renewed a controversy over respiratory protection, this time whether surgical masks are appropriate for some diseases while fit-tested N95 filtering facepiece respirators are required for others.
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Here are excerpts of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) disease-specific guidance on whether health care workers should use surgical masks or respirators.
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Its never just an accident when someone gets hurt. Even an unusual accident can shed light on weaknesses in your processes and procedures, says Linda Haney, RN, MPH, COHN-S, CSP, clinical director of Diligent Services, a consulting division of Arjo Inc., the health care ergonomics firm based in Roselle, IL. If you ask the right questions after an accident or a near miss, you may be able to prevent future incidents, she says.
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Here are some questions identified by the Veterans Health Administration for conducting an After-Action Review. The program emphasizes the need to engage in open discussion based on objective facts without blaming individuals.
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With alarms sounding, helicopters landing, dishes clashing in a washer, compressors whirring, hospitals are noisy places.
