More than 800,000 Americans live with end-stage kidney disease, and over half of them depend on dialysis as a necessary and life-sustaining...
Posts about Patient Safety:
New England has been put onhigh alert thanks to an outbreak of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a rare virus that can lead to the deaths of 30% of...
It is estimated that there are 5×1030 bacteria on Earth. That's 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 5 nonillion. We have not even begun to...
Millions of American children have returned to school or will very soon, officially kicking off the academic year. Alongside the promise of learning...
There are four fundamental aspects of endoscopes that lead to infection: Intricate design, biofilm formation, human error during reprocessing, and...
Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information to make appropriate health decisions and follow...
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Patients, Staff, Administrators: What Each of Us Can Do to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs)
We hear so often how "we all have a role to play in reducing healthcare associated infections." From washing our hands to advocating for policy...
Achieving and maintaining sanitized surfaces in hospitals requires an arsenal cleaning and disinfecting products, with quaternary ammonium compounds...
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Hospital Acquired Infections and Hospitals Acquired by Private Equity: The Dangerous Correlation
About a quarter of American hospitals are for-profit, that is, they are operated to generate profit for owners and stakeholders. A subsection of...
In our last post, we introduced the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report on patient safety. Today we will focus...
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The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology: The Patient Safety Report Unpacked
This past month, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) submitted a report focused on recommendations around patient...
Eradicating pathogens from environmental surfaces in hospitals is a daily fight. Keeping bacteria from reproducing on surfaces, finding reservoirs in...