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IHI Hosts Panel to Develop Patient Safety Action Plan
The committee was established in the wake of last year’s call to action issued by the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), which merged with the IHI in 2017. The call to action urged a coordinated response from the healthcare and public health sectors to reduce medical harm.
 

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Study: AHRQ Program Helps Hawaiian Hospitals Cut SSI Rate
Between January 2013 and June 2015, all hospitals across Hawaii participated in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Safety Program for Surgery. The 15-hospital collaborative were part of an AHRQ-funded effort to improve surgical care across the country.
AORN Expects to Revise its Guideline for OR Headwear
Lisa Spruce, AORN’s director of evidence-based perioperative practice, tells OSHA Healthcare Advisor that AORN will still recommend complete hair coverage in that revised guideline, but “there’s not going to be a recommendation on which head covering.”
Annual Industry Survey: Quality Improvement Initiatives
Once a quality improvement initiative has been launched, it can be difficult to keep it on track. Survey respondents were asked about the biggest challenges in maintaining quality initiatives in their organizations. The most cited challenge was the complexity of collecting and communicating a mass of rapidly shifting information with 50%.
Study: Seasonal Spikes in Antibiotic Misuse
The study authors say their findings suggest that "current initiatives to improve the use of antibiotics in outpatient settings may not be enough to change clinicians’ prescribing practices." And they feel clinicians must be better equipped "with the tools and knowledge to know when antibiotics are needed."
 

Industry Events

Wednesday, 5/23 - IHI/NPSF Patient Safety Congress 2018

Friday, 6/1 - AAMI 2018 Conference & Expo

Sunday, 7/15 - 55th ASHE Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition

Sunday, 10/7 - ASHRM 2018 Annual Conference
 

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