Beware the bio slime: Legionella problems can lurk even in new pipes

Inside Accreditation & Quality
August 27, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Include your water management team in construction and renovation projects to ensure checks are done for waterborne infections before patients and...Read More »

Training tips: Protecting against bloodborne pathogens

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
August 27, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Unless you are constantly training with your workers, the laws won’t protect anyone. Read More »

Meeting Legionella requirements: Examples from CMS

Inside Accreditation & Quality
August 26, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Review and update your water management plan to include the latest guidelines by CMS and CDC.Read More »

7-Part EMS screening tool boosts early sepsis treatment

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
August 13, 2019
Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Conducting a sepsis screening during emergency medical service transport to an emergency department reduces time to treatment.Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2019

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
August 5, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletterRead More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2019

Inside Accreditation & Quality
August 5, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Behavioral & Mental Health

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Get ready for the next flu season

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 30, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety

In the 2018–2019 season there were up to 43 million cases of the flu, resulting in about 20 million medical clinic visits, 647,000...Read More »

Multiple injection safety violations led to NJ outbreak

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
July 23, 2019
Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Multiple violations of injection safety and infection...Read More »

Medical center’s four-pronged effort reduced C. diff infections by 55%

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 23, 2019
Infection Control, Quality & Errors

At North Shore Medical Center, antibiotic stewardship was the most effective intervention in reducing C. diff infectionsRead More »

New decision support tool reduces sepsis mortality by 22.9%

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
July 16, 2019
Infection Control, Quality & Errors

“The SPOT algorithm surveils 24 hours a day, seven days a week to look for the signs and symptoms of sepsis. When those signs are found, they are...Read More »

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