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NewsHow one hospital system changed hand hygiene compliance
Hand hygiene is easier said than done. Sentara Healthcare, a nonprofit health system that includes 10 acute care hospitals and covers 2 million residents in Virginia and North Carolina, knew that all Read more...
Basic central-line infection prevention saves $104M, Johns Hopkins says
Following other reports that simple hygiene changes can result in saved lives and dollars, another announcement from Johns Hopkins Children's Center indicates that basic central-line hygiene Read more...
Doctors, nurses don't want patients to bug them about hand washing
While a majority of healthcare workers responding to a survey on employee hand hygiene believe that reminders from patients would improve compliance, many of those same respondents had reservations Read more...
Is 100 percent compliance on hand washing possible?
What would it take to move the dial closer to 100 percent compliance on hand washing? And just how realistic is that goal? "Getting to 100 percent hand hygiene compliance through volunteerism is Read more...
Focus on hand washing, not scientifically unproven dress codes, AMA Board says
Don't worry. Keep your shirt on. No one on this side of the pond says you have to toss your tie or long-sleeved shirts. Although ties, white coats, and scrubs could serve as a vehicle for Read more...
Same-day surgery centers have problems enforcing infection control
If you're having surgery at a same-day surgery center, you might want to ask your provider to wash his or her hands: A study published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association found Read more...
With money on the line, providers put their minds to infection control
With hospital-acquired infections killing 100,000 people a year and Medicare's refusal to pay for these and other 'never events', innovation in infection control is increasingly taking center stage. Read more...
Healthcare providers follow hand-washing guidelines 34 percent of the time, study finds
With the oft-reported news of hospital-acquired infections being linked to bad hand-washing practices, you would think that healthcare professionals would learn to simply comply with the rules by Read more...
Study reveals Clostridium difficile spreads differently than hospitals thought
Although there is no evidence that Clostridium difficile--an increasingly virulent hospital-acquired infection--can be contracted by inhaling the bacteria, new research suggests that the germs don't Read more...
Hospital punishes poor hand-washing with a pink slip
Employees with patient care responsibilities at Abingdon (Pa.) Memorial Hospital could soon find themselves out of a job if they don't follow hospital policy on hand-washing. This twist is the Read more...
| Press ReleasesDynamic Computer Corporation Named a 2010 Michigan InnovatorFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dynamic Computer Corporation (DCC) was named a 2010 Michigan Innovator by the West Michigan Business Review on July 28th for their Hand-Hygiene Compliant Read more >> Kaiser Permanente Southern California Delivers 100% Support for “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” InitiativePASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) was honored by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week for having achieved 100 percent registration in the Read more >> AORN and 3M Announce Perioperative Hand Hygiene Champions-Perioperative professionals honored for contributions to increase hand hygiene compliance- DENVER & ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As National Nurses Week honors the contributions of nursing Read more >> |
