Infection Control Today - Patient Safety

U-M Hospitals Win Award for Being Among the Safest

The University of Michigan hospitals are among the safest and most effective hospitals in the country, according to a new national ranking from the respected independent healthcare quality rating organization, The Leapfrog Group. This is the second year in a row, and third ...More

December 7, 2011

Posted in News, Hand Hygiene

Hospital Safety Climate Linked to Both Patient and Nurse Injuries, Study Reveals

A safe working environment for nurses is also a safe environment for the patients in their care, according to a new study led by public health researchers at Drexel University. Researchers, led by Dr. Jennifer Taylor, an assistant professor in Drexel’s School of Public ...More

November 7, 2011

Posted in News, Policies and Practice

AAMI Creates Glossary to Help End Confusion Surrounding 'Adverse Event' Terms

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has created a glossary of terms and suggested meanings related to adverse events. The glossary, available for free at www.aami.org/utti/glossary, was created by AAMI’s Clinical Engineering Management ...More

October 18, 2011

Posted in News

Cardinal Health Invites Providers to Apply for Grants to Improve Patient Safety

The Cardinal Health Foundation today announced that, for the fifth consecutive year, it will award more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and ...More

October 12, 2011

Posted in News

California Hospitals Launch Statewide Patient Safety Campaign

Access to safe, high-quality care for all patients is the mission of California's community hospitals. Through focused hospital-based initiatives and regional and statewide patient safety collaboratives, hospitals are leading the way into a new era in patient safety. To ...More

October 7, 2011

Posted in News

Survey Reveals Reasons Doctors Avoid Online Error-Reporting Tools

"Too busy," and "too complicated." These are the typical excuses one might expect when medical professionals are asked why they fail to use online error-reporting systems designed to improve patient safety and the quality of care. But, Johns Hopkins investigators found ...More

October 4, 2011

Posted in News

Pediatric Hospitals Save Lives With Central Line Hygiene and Maintenance

Following some basic rules of central line hygiene and maintenance, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and 87 other pediatric hospitals have, over five years, saved hundreds of patient lives and more than $100 million by preventing nearly 3,000 central line-related bloodstream ...More

September 16, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Cognition Research Aims to Reduce Medical Errors

How doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals can be better prepared to reduce medical mistakes and improve patient care is the focus of several studies published in a special issue of the American Psychological Association's Journal of Experimental Psychology: ...More

September 12, 2011

Posted in News

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Provides Prevention Strategies to Reduce CLABSI

Data submitted by Pennsylvania hospitals in 2010 pinpoints timelines for prevention strategies for reducing and/or eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), according to information published in the September 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety ...More

September 1, 2011

Posted in News

Patients' Health Motivates Workers to Wash Their Hands

Campaigns about handwashing in hospitals usually try to scare doctors and nurses about personal illness, says Adam Grant, a psychological scientist at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. "Most safety messages are about personal consequences," Grant says. "They ...More

August 30, 2011

Posted in News, Hand Hygiene

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