One of the most tracked and reported metrics in today's healthcare facilities is infection rates. Anyone working in a hospital is aware of the...
Posts about HAIs (3):
Last week we provided a big-picture overview of the healthcare supply chain, from supplier to patient. This week, we will dig deeper into this...
We are fortunate to live in a nation that offers a rich variety of non-profit organizations that support our health and well-being, including groups ...
If you spend any time at all in the world of infection control and prevention, you've run across the NHSN, or National Healthcare Safety Network....
A couple years back, the EOSCU Team had the honor of presenting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus outside of Atlanta,...
We've covered Candida auris in this blog before. Not only has it been one of the pathogens of concern cited by the Centers for Disease Control and...
In our last post, we explored how adopting a new product can result in some heavy lifting. Not only does product adoption require financial...
With World Cancer Day this Saturday, we dedicate this post to those patients facing a cancer diagnosis. As with any serious disease, the many types...
Medical researchers have recently placed more emphasis on the non-medical conditions that impact patient health and outcomes. Collectively known as...
The medical chart is set to become a thing of the past. Those thick folders containing your medical history are steadily being replaced by electronic...
Many healthcare concerns will follow us into the new year, some we have carried for decades and some that have become more threatening thanks to the...
Among all tracked hospital-associated infections, the one that seems to have the lowest rates are surgical site infections. While this relative...