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15 Years After To Err is Human: What Has Improved?

3 Takeaways from the "Do No Harm" series from Vox

What is Community-Acquired MRSA?

In late 1999, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, a landmark report that brought the nation’s...

Over the past year, we have started to build a library of helpful resources about healthcare topics ranging from hospital-acquired infections to...

This past week, Vox published a series of articles by Sarah Kliff as a part of its year-long examination of fatal medical harm. The "Do No Harm"...

Most of the attention regarding antibiotic-resistant MRSA is found in hospitals and healthcare settings, places where strains of the common ...

Today's medical and consumer markets are flooded with products touting the benefits of nanoparticles. There are countless products that claim to...

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You Are So Metal

Erica Mitchell

March 25 2015

When we think of metal, we tend to think of hard, heavy, durable material used to make everything from springs to skyscrapers. The discovery and use...

Right now there is a lot of attention being given to a group of bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). There have been two...

We were in the hospital room when the nurse came in holding a bag of clear liquid. She casually mentioned that she was giving my husband Rich...

Often the words of a concerned family member capture the experience of infection control far better than any researcher or specialist. We read with...

We have so many individuals to be thankful for when it comes to advances in healthcare. From the author of the Kahun medical papyrus, dated at 1800...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

15 Years After To Err is Human: What Has Improved?

Top 6 Blog Posts from Our First Year!

3 Takeaways from the "Do No Harm" series from Vox

What is Community-Acquired MRSA?

15 Years After To Err is Human: What Has Improved?

Top 6 Blog Posts from Our First Year!

3 Takeaways from the "Do No Harm" series from Vox

What is Community-Acquired MRSA?

Invasion of the Nanoparticles: Separating Fact from Fiction, Part 1

You Are So Metal

Ask the Expert: The CRE Superbugs

Guest Blogger: Team Stryker and Patient Empowerment in 6 Steps

Personal Stories about Hospital Acquired Infections, Part I

Happy Thanksgiving, Iggy and Flo!